Patent ID: 9572462
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A47K

Claim:
1. A cover for a sheet product dispenser, the cover comprising: an elongated dispensing aperture defined in a wall of the cover and extending from an inner surface to an outer surface of the wall, wherein the elongated dispensing aperture comprises a major axis corresponding to a length of the elongated dispensing aperture and a minor axis corresponding to a width of the elongated dispensing aperture; and a pair of support members disposed on the inner surface of the wall at opposing ends of the major axis of the elongated dispensing aperture, wherein each of the support members comprises a central portion and a pair of outer portions disposed on opposing sides of the central portion; wherein a height of at least a portion of the central portion relative to the inner surface generally increases as a distance from the elongated dispensing aperture increases in a direction of the major axis; wherein a height of the outer portions relative to the inner surface generally decreases as a distance from the central portion increases in a direction of the minor axis; and wherein each of the support members has a width that is greater than the width of the elongated dispensing aperture and less than a width of the cover.