Patent ID: 6126009
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A47K,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable, flexible facial tissue dispensing system for dispensing tissues comprising:a generally rectangular, flat flexible container, including a top wall and a bottom wall, said top wall including an opening formed therein through which tissues are dispensed, said top wall and said bottom wall each having a first edge and a second edge opposite said first edge,a stack of individually folded tissues contained within said container, each tissue having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite said first lateral edge and having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite said first longitudinal edge, each tissue including three fold lines parallel to said first and second lateral edges such that each tissue is reversibly folded onto itself three times in the lateral direction before being placed into said container, wherein an edge of the uppermost tissue of said stack is provided at the tissue dispensing opening,wherein said uppermost tissue unfolds from its folded position as said edge of said tissue is grasped through said opening and pulled through said opening,a resealable container closure flap attached to said first edge of said bottom wall, andwherein said container is folded in half lengthwise such that said first edge of said top wall contacts said second edge of said top wall, wherein folding said container folds said tissues in the longitudinal direction and wherein said closure flap is folded around said first and second edges of said top wall and said bottom wall and is attached to said bottom wall to close said container.