Patent ID: 7275654

Claim:
A method using a ring to dispense sheet material from a stack of sheet material comprising the steps of: placing said ring on top of said stack of sheet material so that it is supported thereon with its weight downwardly compressing said stack of sheet material with a constant compressive force provided by action of gravity; and drawing a sheet of sheet material from the top of said stack of sheet material upwardly through said ring to dispense it from said stack of sheet material; wherein said stack of sheet material is an interleaved stack of tissue sheet material, wherein drawing a tissue sheet from the top of said stack of interleaved tissue sheet material during said sheet drawing step to dispense it brings the next-to-top tissue sheet of said stack of interleaved tissue sheet material through said ring in ready position to be dispensed, and wherein said ring has an inside diameter of about three (3) inches, is made of steel, and weighs between three (3) and eleven (11) ounces.