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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);

Inventors:

Alice S. Gordon, Roswell, GA (US);

Eric M. Chalko, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Phillip L. Hutchison, Lebanon, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01); A47K 10/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/3625 (2013.01); A47K 10/36 (2013.01); A47K 10/38 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3233 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3246 (2013.01); A47K 2010/389 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dispenser for sheet materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a housing having an including a cover assembly, a back frame member comprising a first side and a second and opposite side forming an interior surface of the housing, and the first side of the back frame member comprising at least one mating receptor; and a plate comprising a carrier member primarily made from plastic and a decorative facia, wherein the carrier member has a facia side coupled to the decorative facia and a back and opposite side, including a locking element, wherein the plate is configured to be removably coupled to the first side of the back frame member when the locking element of the carrier member is releasably engaged to the mating receptor of the back frame member such that the decorative facia forms an exterior surface of the dispenser.


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