# US 8,783,507 B2 · Napkin dispenser

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- Number: US 8,783,507 B2
- Document ID: US8783507B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/931,580
- Filed: 2011-02-03
- Published: 2011-07-07
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2006-08-31
- Applicants: James A. Schaefers
- Inventors: James A. Schaefers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783507B2

## CPC

- A47K 10/427: {with means for urging the whole stack towards the dispensing opening, e.g. a spring}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

An improved napkin device is set forth. The device includes a front face adapted for opening to load napkins therein. A first downwardly angled steel rod is fixed to a first side face, and a second downwardly angled steel rod is fixed to a second side face. Each of the steel rods has a substantially circular cross section. A plate adapted to slide along the first and second steel rods until it reaches a stop, disposed perpendicular to the first and second side faces of the device is provided. The stop is connected to the first and second side faces. The plate comes to rest at the stop as it slides along the first and second steel rods.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An improved napkin dispenser comprising:
a front face having a substantially centrally located opening adapted to fit napkins pulled therethrough;
a back face connecting two side faces to the front face;
at least one steel rod having a substantially circular cross section, downwardly angled along an inside wall of a side of the dispenser;
a vertical plate, formed of a sheet of material having a substantially similar size and configuration as a conventional napkin, having protruding members adapted to slide along the steel rod; and
wherein the vertical plate moves toward the front face by sliding the protruding members in substantially parallel slots and stops when it reaches a stop section provided on a bottom of the dispenser, wherein a front of the stop section where the vertical plates stops is substantially perpendicular to the plate and to the two side faces of the dispenser and is adjacent to and spaced from the front face.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an upwardly sloped bottom connected to the stop section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 2, further an opening provided in a back face of the dispenser for dispensing napkins therefrom.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protruding members are further defined by downwardly extending angled notches having a substantially semi-circular cross section.

### Claim 5

An improved napkin device comprising:
a front face adapted for opening to load napkins therein;
a first downwardly angled steel rod fixed to a first side face, and a second downwardly angled steel rod fixed to a second side face, each of the steel rods having a substantially circular cross section;
a vertical plate adapted to slide along the first and second steel rods; and
a horizontal stop section, disposed perpendicular to the plate and to the first and second side faces and connected thereto, for stopping the plate as it slides along the first and second steel rods before reaching the front face.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising: a sloped floor connected to the stop section of the device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: third and fourth steel rods provided along the first and second side faces, respectively, and adapted to slide the plate thereon.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

An improved napkin device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the third and fourth steel rods have a substantially semi-circular cross-section.

### Claim 9

An improved napkin device comprising:
a first downwardly angled steel rod fixed to a first side face, and a second downwardly angled steel rod fixed to a second side face;
a vertical plate adapted to slide along the first and second steel rods; and
a horizontal stop section connected to the first and second side faces and disposed substantially perpendicular to the plate and to the first and second side faces, for stopping the plate as it slides along the first and second steel rods before reaching a front face of the napkin device.