Patent ID: 6334544
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A napkin dispenser comprising a housing including upright walls and a floor together forming a vertical compartment for the reception of a vertical stack of horizontal paper napkins; the upright walls including a front wall; a horizontal slot formed between the floor and a lower end of the front wall, wherein the horizontal slot communicates with a lower portion of the compartment for facilitating the simultaneous removal of a bunch of napkins through the slot, wherein the floor includes a front edge situated below the horizontal slot; the front edge including a recess disposed about midway between opposite ends of the slot for facilitating the insertion of a user's finger beneath a bunch of napkins to be removed; wherein the front wall includes a vertical slot extending upwardly from the horizontal slot at a location about midway between opposite horizontal ends of the horizontal slot for facilitating the insertion of a user's finger above a bunch of napkins to be removed; wherein the vertical slot extends to an upper end of the front wall.