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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
John Patrick Laitala, Appleton, WI (US);
Ted Allen Casper, Freedom, WI (US);
GPCP IP Holdings LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Sheet product dispensers provided herein include a spindle mounted to a spindle mounting arm. A pressure plate positioned at least partially within the spindle mounting arm aligns with a roll of sheet product installed on the spindle. When the spindle mounting arm is in a dispensing state and the pressure plate is unextended, the pressure plate is configured to prevent rotation of the spindle mounting arm to a loading state, and, when the spindle mounting arm is in the dispensing state and the pressure plate is extended, the pressure plate is configured to allow transition of the spindle mounting arm to the loading state. Force from the roll of sheet product causes the pressure plate to remain unextended, and a sufficient amount of sheet product from the roll of sheet product having been depleted removes the force such that the pressure plate becomes extended.