Patent ID: 11903532
Assignee: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 13:
14. A chassis for a sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a source of sheet product, the chassis comprising:
a switch for indicating removal of a dispensed portion of the sheet product, wherein the switch comprises an actuated configuration and an unactuated configuration;
a dispensing chute;
a dispensing mechanism operable to dispense the sheet product to provide the dispensed portion of the sheet product for retrieval by a user, wherein at least a portion of the dispensed portion of the sheet product is within the dispensing chute;
a tear bar for separating the dispensed portion from a remainder of the sheet product;
a shuttle positioned between the switch and the dispensed portion of the sheet product within the dispensing chute, wherein the shuttle is movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position, wherein, when the shuttle is in the unactuated position, the switch is in the unactuated configuration,
wherein the shuttle and the switch are positioned within the chassis such that as the user pulls on the dispensed portion the shuttle moves to the actuated position and applies a force on the switch sufficient enough to transition the switch to the actuated configuration to indicate removal of the dispensed portion; and
an activation sensor configured to sense user input indicating a desire to perform a dispense, wherein the activation sensor and the switch are mounted to a same printed circuit board.