Top-dispensing absorbent sheet dispenser
AssigneeSCA Tissue North America LLC
InventorsJanne Muntzing, John S. Formon
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Abstract
A pop-up type dispenser is provided for paper towels, in which a specially sized and shaped hole in the dispenser top cooperates with a stack of paper towels housed in the dispenser. The towel stack has at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web. The towels may be withdrawn through the opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without needing to touch a next sheet on the adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on the one web.
Claims16
A dispenser for absorbent sheet products, comprising a plastic body configured to be refillable and that covers a stack of paper products to be disposed within said dispenser, said body comprising four sides and a top having an unobstructed opening on an upper surface thereof, said dispenser being free of a cover for said opening,
- wherein said body has a height greater than its width,
- wherein said opening has a surface area in the range from about 0.78 in2 to about 2.40 in2,
- wherein said opening has a maximum width less than a length and a width of a sheet to be dispensed through said opening, and
- wherein said opening is configured such that a stack of absorbent sheet products to be disposed within said dispenser, and formed of at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web, may be withdrawn through said opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without the user needing to touch a next sheet on said adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on said one web, said next sheet on said adjacent web protruding through said opening each time a first sheet on said one web is withdrawn and detached from said one web, without said adjacent sheet falling downwardly from said opening back into said body, and
- wherein said body weighs at least about 24 oz. so as not to lift up off of a horizontal supporting surface when an absorbent sheet contained therein is withdrawn therefrom solely by pulling upwardly on said first sheet.
A dispenser for absorbent sheet products, said dispenser comprising:
- a body that covers a stack of paper products to be disposed within said dispenser, said body comprising two short sides defining the width of the dispenser and two longer sides defining the length of the dispenser, and a top having an unobstructed opening on an upper surface thereof, said dispenser having an absence of any cover for said opening, a bottom edge of one of said long sides being pivotally connected to respective bottoms of said two short sides;
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- a pair of locking tabs extending from said top and mating with corresponding openings in said short sides,
- wherein said body has a height greater than the width,
- wherein said opening has a surface area in the range from about 0.78 in2 to about 2.40 in2,
- wherein said opening has a maximum width less than a length and a width of a sheet to be dispensed through said opening, and
- wherein said opening has a size and shape configured so that a stack of absorbent sheet products to be disposed within said dispenser and that is formed of at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web is withdrawable through said opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without the user needing to touch a next sheet on said adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on said one web, said next sheet on said adjacent web protruding through said opening each time a first sheet on said one web is withdrawn and detached from said one web, without said adjacent sheet falling downwardly from said opening back into said body.
A dispenser for absorbent sheet products, said dispenser comprising:
- a refillable plastic body that covers a stack of paper products to be disposed within said dispenser, said body comprising two short sides defining a width of the dispenser and two longer sides defining a length of the dispenser, and a top having an unobstructed opening on an upper surface thereof, said dispenser having an absence of any cover for said opening, a bottom of one of said long sides being pivotally connected to respective bottoms of said two short sides,
- wherein said body has a height greater than the width along the entire height of the body,
- wherein said opening has a surface area in the range from about 0.78 in2 to about 2.40 in2,
- wherein said opening has a maximum width less than a length and a width of a sheet to be dispensed through said opening, and
- wherein said opening is configured such that a stack of absorbent sheet products to be disposed within said dispenser, and formed of at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web, may be withdrawn through said opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without the user needing to touch a next sheet on said adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on said one web, said next sheet on said adjacent web protruding through said opening each time a first sheet on said one web is withdrawn and detached from said one web, without said adjacent sheet falling downwardly from said opening back into said body, and
- wherein said body weighs at least about 24 oz. so as not to lift up off of a horizontal supporting surface when an absorbent sheet contained therein is withdrawn therefrom solely by pulling upwardly on said first sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.