Patent Abstract:
A sheet tissue paper container and dispensing unit for beauty parlor end wraps and the like, is disclosed. A stack of individual sheet tissues are placed in the dispensing unit in either a folded or unfolded condition wherein the tissues are singly dispensed using a pull tab having a sticky back wherein the sheets of tissues are lifted for optimal dispensing thereby avoiding chaining and fallback.

Full Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    This invention relates to sheet tissue paper dispenser or tissue box attachment, more particularly, the invention relates to a sheet tissue paper dispenser or tissue box attachment for dispensing individual sheet tissues one by one. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention is concerned with tissue paper dispensing attachment, packaging for tissue paper sheets and interfolding arrangements for tissue paper sheets. The present invention is concerned with absorbent tissue paper sheets of all kinds, including toilet tissue paper sheets/hygiene paper sheets/non-woven absorbent sheets, facial tissue paper sheets, kitchen paper towel type tissue paper sheets, hand towel type paper sheets, paper napkins, moist wipes, etc 
         [0003]    Various types of tissue paper packages are known in the art. There is toilet tissue paper, which is generally provided as a roll of tissue paper. The toilet tissue paper is in the form of a continuous web of tissue paper divided into sheets, each about the length of a hand (but smaller and larger sheets are also known), by a perforation line across the web. The web of toilet tissue paper is wrapped about a tubular core. 
         [0004]    Kitchen tissue paper for wiping up kitchen spills is often also provided in the form of a foil of tissue. It is also known to provide toilet tissue paper as a stack, rather than as a roll. The sheets of toilet paper are interfolded so that as one sheet is pulled out, the next sheet comes with it to protrude partly through a dispensing opening of a holding wall mounted dispenser holding the stack. The stack may be wrapped in a thin paper that has to be removed before the dispenser is loaded. 
         [0005]    There is also known facial tissue paper, which may be provided as a stack of interfolded tissue paper sheets. A box containing the tissue paper stack has a dispensing opening through which the facial tissue paper sheets can be withdrawn, one-by-one. To ease the process of pulling out of tissues, interfolding of the tissue paper sheets is done which enables the withdrawal of a succeeding sheet to partly pull out a preceding sheet. A partly pulled out sheet thus sticks out from the dispensing opening for ease of grabbing and withdrawing. The box is disposable in that it is made of biodegradable materials such as cardboard. 
         [0006]    A stack of toilet tissue paper sheets may be provided for dispensing from a permanent dispenser. Refill packs of toilet tissue paper sheets are provided to fill the dispenser. Paper towel dispensers are also known in the art. Generally these dispensers are of large size, costly and hence they are used in business or away from home environments. Further these dispensers are not easy to load. Another reason for it may be that the present designs of the dispenser do not fit with what people expect or want in a domestic environment. 
         [0007]    Hence there arise a need to have a simple, easy to use, economic to produce and cost effective device to make the tissue loading and dispensing process more economically friendly for user and is suitable to fulfill the domestic purpose. 
         [0008]    In general, a tissue paper box is provided with a paper outlet longitudinally at a center part of the top plate of the box and a film having a slit through which paper is taken out, is adhered to the back surface of the plate. 
         [0009]    In removing sheet tissues from their tissue box difficulty is often encountered, that is a single tissue is difficult to remove from the container without picking up extra tissues at the same time. The removal of a single tissue from its container is often facilitated by wetting a finger and using that wet finger to remove the tissue from its container. The finger wetting process is unsightly to the patron and allows the tissue to absorb moisture. The current invention provides an innovative attachment which suitably overcomes all of the above drawbacks of above mentioned existing prior art designs and devices. 
       SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
       [0010]    It is an inherent object of the invention to provide a tissue paper box with an attachment from which tissue paper can be continuously taken out to the last paper. 
         [0011]    It is also an object of the invention to provide a tissue box allowing for optimal dispensing, in particular avoiding chaining and fallback. 
         [0012]    It is also an object of this invention to provide an attachment for sheet tissue paper container and dispensing unit for beauty parlor end wraps and the like, whereby a stack of individual sheet tissues can be placed in the unit and be singly dispensed. 
         [0013]    Another object of this invention is to provide a viable economical solution that is a simple configuration that enables the domestic and household users to have a system allowing optimal dispensing preferably one tissue at a time that is reusable, easy to attach, easy to dispose and is eco-friendly in nature. 
         [0014]    Other objectives of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the invention has been shown and described. These objectives are not to be construed as limitations of applicant&#39;s invention, but are merely aimed to suggest some of the many benefits that may be realized by the apparatus of the present application and with its many embodiments. In addition to the various objects and advantages of the present invention described with some degree of specificity above it should be obvious that additional objects and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those persons who are skilled in the relevant art from the following more detailed description of the invention. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0015]    The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments to the invention, which may be embodied in various forms. It is to be understood that in some instances various aspects of the invention may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the invention. 
           [0016]    A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which: 
           [0017]      FIG. 1  is a top view of the folding pattern of tissue with tab; 
           [0018]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of the folding pattern of the tissue shown in  FIG. 1 ; 
           [0019]      FIG. 3  is a graphical view of the stacking of the tissues with pull tap over the tissues folded; 
           [0020]      FIG. 4  is a graphical view of the stacking of the tissues with pull tap when the tissues are folded in accordance with the present invention; and 
           [0021]      FIG. 5  is a graphical view of the stacking of the tissues with pull tap inside a tissue box when the tissues are folded and a single tissue is ready to be extracted in accordance with the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION 
       [0022]    Referring now to  FIGS. 1 through 5 , in a preferred embodiment, the invention provides an improved tissue box  24  comprising the stack of sheets  10 . The tissue box  24  is able to resist tissues  10  undesirably falling out of the dispensing opening  26  when they are not being withdrawn. In particular, the tissue stack may be mounted by a pull tab  18 . 
         [0023]    Preferably, the sheets  10  are interfolded in an interfolding pattern  10 A whereby each sheet  10  is folded  10  in a way so as to comprise a leading panel and a trailing panel, and whereby for any given sheet  10  in the stack, the leading and trailing panels have a trailing panel of a next sheet and a leading panel of a previous sheet disposed between panels of the given tissue in face to face relation. 
         [0024]    Turning now to  FIG. 1 , there is shown the tissues  10  having original fold  16  and length and width  14 ,  12  of 8×4 inches, respectively which is a two ply sheet (not shown), in accordance with the present invention. When folded in half the sheet  10 A obtained is a 4×4 sheet  10 A which make it a four ply sheet, as shown in  FIG. 4 . Tissues then are folded back on each other, just like the original 8×4 sheets  14 ,  12 . The new 4×4 sheets  10 A now fit a smaller tissue box  24  with the same configuration. For easy dispensing without binding, this folding pattern also works for 2×2 inch tissues (not shown). 
         [0025]    As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , a pull tab  18  is provided, wherein the pull tab  18  may be fabricated from a paper having a sticky back, having 1×2 inch paper strip  22 . The 1×2 strip  22  is then placed in the middle of the 4×4 tissue  10 A folded back on the edge and thus sticky sides facing each other. The tab  18  could be of different lengths, widths, thickness and placement, depending on what it is used for. 
         [0026]    Turning to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , the tissues  10  are shown stacked and unfolded  11 . However, it should be understood, that the pull tab  18  is placed and located on each tissue  10  individually thereby making the folded tissue stack  10 A, as shown in  FIG. 4 . The pull tab  18  is designed to start the first sheet  11 , leaving the second one in its place, and so forth. In one preferred embodiment, a lift base measures 4( 3/18)″×4( 3/18)″, two tab straps ¾×6″ centered at 2( 3/18)″ opposite to each other on the base, made as a whole piece. Referring now to  FIG. 5 , the folded tissue stack  10 A is placed and sits inside a tissue box  24 , wherein the pull tab  18  is lifted up through a center slit opening  26  located at the top of box  24 . 
         [0027]    In another preferred embodiment, the tissue stack is placed on the base of a lift platform (not shown) inside the box. A plurality of straps (not shown) are used to lift the platform (not shown) up to the top half of the box to keep the tissues snug, while the tissues are being used up. The straps continue to lengthen with each level of the pull. A plurality of sleeves or Velcro buttons (not shown) are used to keep the straps securely out of the way wherein the placement is on the same side as the tab straps. The sleeves measure 1×5″, attached to the center 2(⅜), outside of the box on the same side as the tab straps (not shown). Additionally, there is a placement of five Velcro buttons (not shown) attached to the center 2(⅜)″ wherein each button is placed on the outside of the strap, so when bent over the free edge, it faces the box side, at ½″ measurement a button is placed. Placement of the four remaining Velcro buttons are spaced 1″ apart down the middle. Also a self-sticking tape may be used which enables the tissues to lay flat. 
         [0028]    The purpose of the platform lift is to keep tissues snug as tissues are used. It should be understood that in use the lift platform keeps the tissue stack moving up to the top half of the box while simultaneously stops the fall back of tissues. All the parts of lift are constructed of the same paper as the tissue box. The easy tab with lift has a size of 4×4″ with tabs having a size of ½×6 inches. These Tabs are placed in box having a size of 5×4(½)″ provided with an opening for the Tabs of ½×7″. 
         [0029]    Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive.

Technology Classification (CPC): 0