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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Paul Francis Tramontina, Harleysville, PA (US);
Gerald L. Clark, Nicholson, GA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Francis Tramontina, Harleysville, PA (US);
Gerald L. Clark, Nicholson, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 49/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dispenser adapted to vertically dispense sheet material therefrom is provided. The dispenser includes a housing, configured to support a sheet material product therein, a platform with an opening, and an exit plate. The exit plate is adapted to reposition when the sheet material is dispensed by the user at a deflection angle relative to the vertical dispensing axis of the dispenser.