Patent ID: 7806291
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A center-pull bottom feed dispenser comprising: a housing defining a compartment and including a center-pull bottom feed arrangement for dispensing a sheet material, the compartment capable of enclosing a roll of the sheet material which comprises a pre-moistened airlaid web; and a tray disposed in a lower portion of the compartment, the tray capable of supporting the roll, the tray including an outlet opening through which the airlaid web is fed to be accessible to a user, the tray further including a moisture retaining feature that directs fluid from the pre-moistened air-laid web away from the outlet opening and toward an outer peripheral edge of the roll to promote reabsorption thereby, wherein the tray includes a bottom support surface on which the roll rests, the bottom support surface having a negative slope as measured radially outward from a center portion to an outer peripheral edge of the tray, the center portion containing a funnel-shaped outlet portion that terminates in the outlet opening and is formed as part of the bottom support surface, wherein the tray includes a main tray that is fixedly attached to the housing and a secondary tray that is supported by the main tray, the secondary tray being separate from the main tray and being freely removable from the main tray and the housing.