Patent ID: 7669731

Claim:
A method of providing tissues comprising the steps of: A) providing a body forming a tissue dispenser having a tissue dispenser section containing tissues to be dispensed and a disposal section for receiving used tissues, the tissue dispenser section being separated from the tissue disposal section by a wall forming a bottom of the tissue disposal section and a top of the tissue dispensing section, and having a tissue dispensing orifice; the tissue disposal section having a tissue disposing orifice; a portion of the body defining the tissue disposal section being expandable from a collapsed state to enlarge the tissue disposal section; B) mounting the body above floor level such that the tissue dispensing orifice faces downwardly, and the tissue disposing orifice faces upwardly away from the dispensing orifice and is accessible for insertion of used tissues; C) expanding the tissue disposal section for enlarging an internal volume thereof to provide space for used tissues, wherein a size of the tissue disposing orifice remains the same during the expanding step, and wherein the tissue disposing orifice and the tissue dispensing orifice are moved away from one another during the expanding step; D) removing tissues through the tissue dispensing orifice in the same direction as the expansion of the tissue disposal section; and E) inserting used tissues into the tissue disposal section through the tissue disposing orifice at an upper portion of the body situated opposite the tissue dispensing orifice in the direction of expansion.