Patent ID: 6886794
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: A47K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tissue box holder, comprising: a frame having a generally planar base and a normally upstanding sidewall attached to said base adjacent to which a tissue box can be seated; at least one first portion of said sidewall being hingedly coupled to said planar base for movement between a open position, in which said at least one first portion is pivoted downwardly relative to said base, and a closed position, in which said at least one first portion is pivoted to an upright position relative to said base, wherein said sidewall surrounds said base and is configured and dimensioned to permit a tissue box to be seated therewithin, and wherein said at least one first portion of said sidewall, in said open position thereof, is pivoted away from adjacent portions of said sidewall of said frame and wherein in said closed position thereof, it generally abuts said adjacent portions of said upstanding sidewall of said frame, said sidewall having an inwardly directed face and a second portion disposed opposite said first portion; means for gripping the tissue box mounted on said inwardly directed face of said first and second portions of said sidewall, said gripping means being inwardly directed so as to grab the opposite sides of a tissue box disposed therebetween; and means for releasably securing said one side in said closed position.