Horizontally oriented paper product dispenser and related methods
US12042099B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K10/427
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for loading a stack of individual paper units into a dispenser includes inwardly pushing on a pair of oppositely disposed end portions of respective lateral walls of the dispenser, thereby releasing a drawer of the dispenser for sliding movement of that drawer relative to a remainder of the dispenser. The drawer includes first and second, oppositely disposed sidewalls, a bottom wall, and an arcuate front wall that has a dispensing aperture. The bottom wall of the drawer extends between the first and second sidewalls of the drawer, and the sidewalls of the drawer define an open end of the drawer opposite the bottom wall and, jointly with the bottom wall and arcuate front wall, defines a storage volume of the drawer. The drawer is slid outwardly relative to a remainder of the dispenser to thereby expose the first and second sidewalls and bottom wall of the drawer.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.