/Tabletop Folded Sheet Dispenser
Abstract

A system includes a dispenser for dispensing sheet material including a body having four side walls and defining an opening at a top portion thereof, a base, a lid configured to cover the opening during use and enabling access to the opening for refilling, wherein the lid has a dispensing opening therein configured to enable sheet material to be dispensed therefrom, a platform configured to support a plurality of sheet material from below, wherein the platform is movable from a lowermost position when the dispenser is filled with sheet material to an uppermost position adjacent the lid when the dispenser is more nearly empty of sheet material, a spring for urging the platform towards the lid, and a releasable locking mechanism configured to hold the platform in a locking position in the lowermost position.

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What is claimed is:

A system includes a dispenser for dispensing sheet material including a body having four side walls and defining an opening at a top portion thereof, a base, a lid configured to cover the opening during use and enabling access to the opening for refilling, wherein the lid has a dispensing opening therein configured to enable sheet material to be dispensed therefrom, a platform configured to support a plurality of sheet material from below, wherein the platform is movable from a lowermost position when the dispenser is filled with sheet material to an uppermost position adjacent the lid when the dispenser is more nearly empty of sheet material, a spring for urging the platform towards the lid, and a releasable locking mechanism configured to hold the platform in a locking position in the lowermost position.
Timeline
Filed
06/01/2026
Published
09/24/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(2)
A47K 10/42:dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
A47K 10/32:Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper