Patent ID: 7665628
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A lifting device for use in a tissue box cover for lifting tissues in a box, the device comprising: a base; a plurality of piercing members coupled to the base, the piercing members adapted to puncture a hole in a bottom surface of a tissue box, wherein the plurality of piercing members are adapted to puncture a hole in the bottom surface of the tissue box in response to a force applied to the tissue box in a direction towards the piercing members and wherein each of the plurality of piercing members comprises a frustoconical shape having a recess; and a plurality of lifting members corresponding to the plurality of piercing members, each of the plurality of lifting members having a resilient member that biases tissues within the tissue box toward a top surface of the tissue box, wherein each of the plurality of lifting members are moveably coupled within the recess of each of the corresponding plurality of piercing members.