Patent ID: 6575329
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A folded paper product dispenser for storing and dispensing a stack of folded paper products such as towels, said dispenser comprising:an outer housing having sides, a front wall, and a back wall, and defining an interior space to accommodate a stack of the folded paper products; a dispensing face defined by said housing generally adjacent a bottom of said interior space, said dispensing face defined at least in part by a bottommost wall of said housing, and at least in part by a bottom angled wall of said housing, said angled wall being angled upwards and towards said front wall; a dispensing throat defined in said dispensing face, said dispensing throat extending longitudinally along said dispensing face and having a forwardmost generally concave edge defined in said angled wall and a finger access portion at its widest width defined in said bottommost wall; a plurality of ribs disposed in said interior on said angled wall, said ribs extending from said front wall towards said concave edge; and wherein said ribs include a central rib disposed generally at said widest width of said dispensing throat and set back from said concave edge at a first distance, said central rib having a generally flat and vertical end adjacent said concave edge, and at least one intermediate rib on each side of said central rib, said intermediate ribs having a generally flat upper surface merging into a curved end that is set back from said concave edge at a second distance.