Tissue dispenser with tissue supply advancing feature

摘要

A tissue dispenser with a tissue advancement features includes a multi-sided dispenser with a hollow interior. Tissues are supported upon an advancement plate within the interior. A dispensing opening is disposed in a top of the dispenser and the advancement plate lies on the bottom of the interior. The bottom of the dispenser includes two advancement flaps, or legs that are frangible formed with the dispenser bottom by way of perforated lines. The perforated lines are broken by a user and the advancement flaps rotated into the interior and into contact with the bottom of the advancement plate. Further pushing of the flaps engages them with tabs on the advancement plate to hold it in place within the dispenser at a level nearer the dispenser opening.

主权项

1. A tissue dispenser, comprising:
an enclosure formed from a plurality of walls that cooperatively define a hollow interior; a tissue advancement member disposed in the enclosure interior, the tissue advancement member having a generally planar tissue support surface and a pair of engagement tabs defining stops extending toward a bottom wall of the enclosure; a plurality of tissues disposed in said enclosure interior and supported on said advancement member support surface; and, a pair of advancement flaps formed as part of the enclosure bottom wall, the advancement flaps being frangibly attached to each other along common ends and solidly attached to said enclosure along outer ends such that a user may press said advancement flaps to separate them from each other and move free ends of said advancement flaps into contact with the engagement tabs of said tissue advancement member to raise the plurality of tissues and support said tissue advancement member within said enclosure interior.