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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Fred I. Morad, Toluca Lake, CA (US);
James G. Horian, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Worldwide Integrated Resources, Inc., Commerce, CA (US);
Abstract
A spring-loaded wing paper towel track adapter for accommodating shorter width paper towels within a conventional recessed paper towel dispenser and waste receptacle, including a corresponding curved bottom wall which matches the curved bottom wall of the recessed paper towel dispenser, and two opposing sidewalls integrally molded with the bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom. The curved bottom wall has a transverse dispenser opening for dispensing the plurality of shorter width multifold paper towels. A spring-loaded wing portion is respectively integrally molded by a living hinge to each respective end of the opposing sidewall of the body, where the spring-loaded wing portion can be folded outwardly and downwardly parallel to each opposing sidewall for shipping of the paper towel track adapter and spring outwardly and upwardly to automatically center the dispenser opening of the body to the dispenser opening of the recessed paper towel dispenser for dispensing the plurality of shorter width paper towels therefrom.