Top-dispensing absorbent sheet dispenser
First Claim
1. A dispenser for absorbent sheet products, comprising a body that covers a stack of paper products to be disposed within said dispenser, said body comprising an opening on an upper surface thereof, wherein said opening has a size and shape such that a stack of absorbent sheet products to be disposed within said dispenser and formed of at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web may be withdrawn through said opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without the user needing to touch a next sheet on said adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on said one web, said next sheet on said adjacent web protruding through said opening each time a first sheet on said one web is withdrawn and detached from said one web, without said adjacent sheet falling downwardly from said opening back into said body.
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Abstract
A pop-up type dispenser is provided for paper towels, in which a specially sized and shaped hole in the dispenser top cooperates with a stack of paper towels housed in the dispenser. The towel stack has at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web. The towels may be withdrawn through the opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without needing to touch a next sheet on the adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on the one web.
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- 1. A dispenser for absorbent sheet products, comprising a body that covers a stack of paper products to be disposed within said dispenser, said body comprising an opening on an upper surface thereof, wherein said opening has a size and shape such that a stack of absorbent sheet products to be disposed within said dispenser and formed of at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web may be withdrawn through said opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without the user needing to touch a next sheet on said adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on said one web, said next sheet on said adjacent web protruding through said opening each time a first sheet on said one web is withdrawn and detached from said one web, without said adjacent sheet falling downwardly from said opening back into said body.
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