Patent ID: 7591396
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A47K,B65D

Abstract:
1. A system for dispensing a stack of sheet material, the stack having a top sheet positioned at an upper end of the stack of sheet material and a next sheet positioned under the top sheet, the system comprising: a dispenser comprising a housing including a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom, the dispenser including a sheet mover mounted to the housing and configured to move sheet material positioned in the housing, such that when the lid is lifted, a portion of the sheet mover contacts at least a portion of a sheet material positioned in the housing and moves in one direction across and against the portion of the sheet material such that the portion of the sheet material is at least briefly coupled to the portion of the sheet mover and is moved in the one direction, then the sheet mover reverses direction and moves in an opposite direction and towards the lid as the lid is lifted, wherein the portion of the sheet material is moved at least in the one direction, and wherein the portion of the sheet material moved is positioned to be easily withdrawn through the exit port by a user; and a restrictor comprising a body configured to be positioned on top of and across a back of a top sheet of a stack of sheet material disposed in the dispenser, wherein when the dispenser is activated to remove sheet material therefrom, the body permits the top sheet to be dispensed from the dispenser, the body configured to limit movement of the back of the top sheet and the next sheet such that when the top sheet is moved away from the next sheet and dispensed, a front of the next sheet is positioned in a substantially flat position such that the next sheet becomes a new top sheet and it is positioned for dispensing when the dispenser is again activated.