Patent CA-2105245-A1 (CA)
Title: Facial tissue container for mounting under a structure
Inventor: ANNAND CHARLES A
IPC: A47K10/42
Filed: 1993-08-31
Abstract: FACIAL TISSUE CONTAINER FOR MOUNTING UNDER A STRUCTURE  ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE   A permanent facial tissue container for mounting on the underside of a household kitchen top cabinet or under the counter of a Hotel/Motel bathroom where the pleasing, pliable, plastic container may be inverted and permanently mounted for dispensing facial tissues through the end opening and which allows the removal of one tissue at a time to the last tissue in the container.   The enclosed invention relates to the inventor's previously applied for patent, serial number 2097527, dated June 2nd, 1993, entitled "TISSUE BOX FOR BULK TISSUE PACKETS", wherein the inventor makes claim for a facial tissue container with an end opening in the end wall for the progressive removal of facial tissues one at a time.  This previous invention of an end opening container for bulk tissue packets was for a free-standing container where the embodiments of the invention are similar to the enclosed invention of an end opening container which is designed to be attached on the underside of a support structure and embodies the features of the inventor's previous invention in an inverted and attached horizontal fashion.    The end opening of the container allows the tissues which are folded so that they are interlayered lengthwise by the tissues being folded on each other in lengthwise interplys where the top tissue is pulled through the end opening of the container it facilitates the progressive removal of tissues from such a container through the discharge opening in the end wall of the container.  The tissue, when being removed, pulls the second tissue which is interlayered out through the end opening and because it is an end opening the friction between the plys of tissue causes the tissue to be pulled along lengthwise by the friction between the layers out through the end opening.  The tissue when removed allows the next tissue to slightly protrude through the end opening where it too can be easily removed.  Because the tissues are removed lengthwise, the greatest possible friction between the interlayers helps maintain the proper amount of friction to allow the next tissue to be partly removed and the top floating plate over the tissues which floats on top of the tissue packet helps maintain an even and constant pressure on the top tissue.  The top floating plate is crowned to allow a space on top of the tissue and the underside of the plate in order that the tissues can easily be removed.   The bottom attachment plate of the container is secured to the underside of the support structure and the facial tissue container is hinged to the rear of the attachment plate which allows it to be hinged down to remove the top floating plate and remove a selected number of folded tissues to be used elsewhere as a packet of tissues.  The top floating plate is replaced and the container is hinged up and snapped into place on the attachment plate where a single tissue protrudes through the end opening.    The facial tissue container can be attached on the underside of the structure of a Hotel/Motel bathroom counter or table in a guestroom where the tissue protrudes but the container is only partially visible and the inverted container is rigidly attached for security reasons and as with the kitchen cabinet where the facial tissue protrudes through the end opening is readily visible to the user and is in a known location familiar to the user and leaves the counter space completely free.