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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Catherine Mary Hildersley, Boston, MA (US);
Evan Alton Hutker, Boston, MA (US);
John P. Devlin, Boston, MA (US);
ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser including a moveable platform and a releasable locking mechanism for holding the platform, the releasable locking mechanism including a first arm movably attached to one of the side walls, wherein the first arm has a top end and a base end, a second arm movably attached to the base, wherein the second arm has a side wall end and a locking end, the side wall end cooperating with the base end of the first arm to cause movement of the second arm, the locking end releasably interlocking with a locking portion arranged at the platform to hold the platform in the locking position, wherein the lid has an engaging portion at its lower surface engageable with the top end of the first arm upon closing the lid to release the platform from a locking position.