Dispenser for plastic bags

• US 5,857,586 A
• Filed: 07/22/1997
• Issued: 01/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Donald Scherr, Richard Buccellato
• Original Assignee: Plastics Incorporated (NSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Scherr, Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): Noland, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US08/898,027
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 221/33, 221/45, 221/63, 221/282, 221/283, 206/494, 206/554, 206/225, 383/37
• US Class Current: 221/45
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/14 Suspension means handles B65D33/06
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/08 for dispensing thin flat articles in succession towel dispensers intended for re-use A47K10/24; dispensers for surgical scalpel blades A61B17/3215
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0847 through an aperture at the junction of two walls

Abstract

A dispenser is formed of a flexible plastic pouch which has a removable flap providing an opening adjacent the bottom of the pouch, and a mounting element adhesively attached adjacent the top of the pouch which provides selective mounting to diverse surfaces. The mounting element has opposed interengaged Velcro pads whereby when the pouch is adhesively mounted to a surface, the Velcro pads may be disengaged and the pouch removed and replaced with another pouch. A plurality of stacked reclosable ended separate plastic bags are disposed in a folded stack within the pouch. A portion of one outermost plastic bag is disposed in the bottom pouch opening so that the user by the thumb and forefinger pulls the one plastic bag portion causing the one plastic bag to frictionally engage and slide over the adjacent plastic bag and through the opening without tearing the pouch or dismounting the mounting element from the surface mount. After removal of one bag, the next immediately adjacent bag is then similarly positioned for removal. The removed plastic bag is immediately ready for filling. With removal of all the bags, the depleted pouch is detached and replaced with a full pouch by the Velcro pads engagement.

Claims

1. A dispenser for plastic bags comprising, front panel means and back panel means, and means for joining the front and back panel means to form pouch means, one said panel means being formed with opening means, and a plurality of plastic bags disposed within said pouch means with a portion of one plastic bag disposed at said opening means for removal of the plastic bags, and further compromising means for mounting said pouch means to a surface, and means for attaching said means for mounting to one of said panel means, said front and back panel means being formed with means for selectively separating said panel means for filling the pouch means with plastic bags, whereby with the dispenser mounted to a surface, the user pulls the one plastic bag portion through the opening means to remove the one plastic bag from the pouch means.

2. The dispenser of claim 1, said means for mounting being disposed adjacent said means for selectively separating said front and back panel means.

3. A dispenser for flat plastic articles comprising, front panel means and back panel means, and means for joining the front and back panel means to form pouch means, one said panel means being formed with opening means, and a plurality of flat plastic articles disposed within said pouch means with a portion of one plastic article disposed at said opening means for removal of the plastic articles, and further compromising Velcro means for mounting said pouch means to a surface, and means for attaching said means for mounting to one of said panel means, said Velcro means for mounting comprising first pad means and second pad means, and means for disengageably engaging said first and second pad means, and said first pad means comprising said means for attaching to one of said panel means, whereby with the dispenser mounted to a surface, the user pulls the one plastic article portion through the opening means to remove the one plastic article from the pouch means, and when the pouch means is mounted and emptied of plastic articles, the Velcro pad means are disengaged and the empty pouch means is detached and replaced with a full pouch means.

4. The dispenser of claim 3, said means for mounting and said opening means being disposed adjacent opposite ends of said pouch means.

5. The dispenser of claim 4, said opening means comprising flap means formed by perforations in said front panel means, whereby with separation of the flap means by the perforations said opening menas is formed in said front panel means for removal of the plastic bags.

6. The dispenser of claim 5, said means for mounting being disposed on said back panel means.

7. The dispenser of claim 6, further comprising means for bonding one said Velcro pad means to the back panel means.

8. The dispenser of claim 7, further comprising cover tape means for protecting the adhesive means prior to mounting the pouch means.

9. A dispenser for a plurality of articles comprising:

pouch means for holding a plurality of articles in frictional sliding relationship, said pouch means being formed with opening means for slidably removing the articles one at a time, and said pouch means comprising Velcro means for mounting said pouch means to a surface, said Velcro means comprising cover tape means adhesively bonded to said Velcro means, whereby with the dispenser mounted to a surface the use pulls one of said articles is sliding engagement away from one of the other articles and through the opening means to remove the article from the pouch means, and with removal of the cover tape means the dispenser is mounted to a surface, and with disconnect of said Velcro means the emptied pouch means is detached for replacement with a full pouch means.

10. The dispenser of claim 10, said pouch means and said articles comprise flexible thermoplastic sheet construction.