Patent ID: 6419113
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A cartridge for holding and dispensing a plurality of paper products in a substantially vertically downward dispensing direction, the cartridge being insertable into an interior area of a container having a housing defining a plurality of exterior walls and a dispensing throat at a bottom end of the housing, the interior area being disposed within an interior surface defined by the plurality of exterior walls, at least one protrusion extending from the interior surface into the interior area, the cartridge comprising:a cartridge body including a plurality of cartridge side walls and a bottom end defining a dispensing opening configured to guide paper products substantially vertically downwardly in the dispensing direction through the dispensing throat; and at least one removable portion defined in at least one of the side walls of the cartridge body, removal of the removable portion creating an opening through the at least one of the cartridge side walls, the removable portion being located on the cartridge body so that when the cartridge is placed in the interior area of the housing the protrusion extends through the opening to contact edges of the plurality of paper products to oppose movement of the paper products in the dispensing direction.