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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
James B. Christensen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Craig D. Yardley, Deer Park, IL (US);
Fort James Corporation, Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A napkin dispenser includes a housing having upright walls and a floor together forming a vertical compartment for the reception of a vertical stack of horizontal paper napkins. A horizontal slot is formed between the floor and a lower end of a front wall of the housing. That slot communicates with a lower portion of the compartment for facilitating the simultaneous removal of a bunch of napkins from the compartment. The positioning of a user's fingers above and beneath a selected number of napkins to be removed is facilitated by providing a vertical slot extending upwardly from the midpoint of the horizontal slot, and a finger notch formed about midway in a front edge of the floor.