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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Paul Francis Tramontina, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Suzanne Michelle Hamlin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Frances Wynn Mayfield, Marietta, GA (US);
Leonard Wesley Smith, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Martin Vozar, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Paul Francis Tramontina, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Suzanne Michelle Hamlin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Frances Wynn Mayfield, Marietta, GA (US);
Leonard Wesley Smith, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Martin Vozar, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing, a cover hingedly or removably attached to the housing wherein the cover defines a dispensing opening, a means for elevating paper products, and a plunger disposed in the interior area of the housing. The plunger is urged toward the dispensing opening by the means for elevating paper products. The container may be included in a system for dispensing paper products that further includes a cartridge containing paper products. The cartridge defines a dispensing opening and a second opening wherein the means for elevating paper products extends through the second opening into the interior area of the cartridge to contact the paper products and urge the paper products toward the dispensing opening. The cartridge and container may be configured wherein the second opening is formed by removal of a removable portion during the process of inserting the cartridge into the container.