Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Jan Byron Charles Spencer

Paul Francis Tramontina

Leonard Wesley Smith, Jr

Janet Lee Watson

A container is disclosed for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products. The container includes a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products. A first, second and third of the exterior walls intersect a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container. The exterior walls further include a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face. The container defines a dispensing throat extending through the fourth wall adjacent the slit in the cartridge. The first end wall may be slanted relative to the second and third walls. A cartridge is inserted into the interior area of the housing through the open face of the container. The cartridge contains the plurality of paper products to be dispensed. The cartridge includes cartridge walls including side walls, a front wall disposed in the open face of the container, and a bottom wall which may be slanted relative to the side walls so as to be matingly disposed against the first end wall of the container when the cartridge is disposed within the housing. A slit is defined through the front wall for dispensing the plurality of paper products though the dispensing throat. Protrusions may extend from the housing though openings in the cartridge to contact the paper products.

Container for dispensing controlled amounts of paper products

A dispensing system that includes a housing and a cartridge which is to be inserted into the interior area of the housing. The housing includes a plurality of intersecting exterior sidewalls, a first end wall defining a dispensing throat, a second end wall, and a means for securing a cartridge within the housing. The cartridge includes a flexible bag, a plurality of products compressed within the flexible bag in the dispensing direction, a means for restraining the cartridge within the housing, and a means for releasing the products from the flexible bag.

Dispensing cartridge and system

Refillable napkin dispenser

Napkin dispenser

Napkin dispenser cartridge

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Roswell, GA, United States of America

Jan Byron Charles Spencer