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US3221929A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Paper towel dispenser

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-06-22
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Granted: 1965-12-07
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Expires: 1982-06-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Gilbert A Riebel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 11:40
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47K; A47K10/00; A47K10/24; A47K10/32; A47K10/42; A47K10/426

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 157 words
A DISPENSER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RECTANGULAR BOX-LIKE HOUSING; SAID HOUSING HAVING A BACK, TWO ENDS, A TOP AND A BASE MEMBER FOR SAID HOUSING, ALL SUCH MEMBERS BEING EITHER PERPENDICULAR OR PARALLEL WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER HOUSING PORTION AND DEFINING AN OPEN FRONT PORTION; AND A TOWEL RETAINER, SAID TOWER RETAINER HAVING AN ELONGATE BACK AND AN ELONGATE RECTANGULAR DEPENDING GRIPPING MEMBER, ALL SAID MEMBERS BEING RIGID AND NONRESILIENT, THE RETAINER BACK HAVING A HINGE EDGE IN REMOTE, SPACED, PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE GRIPPING MEMBER, AND NON-RESILIENT HINGE MEANS SECURING THE RETAINER ADJACENT THE HOUSING BACK ON THE RETAINER''S HINGED EDGE AND IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION WITH THE HOUSING BASE MEMBER WITH THE RETAINER BACK ABUTTING THE HOUSING TOP, WHEREBY A GRAVITATIONAL RELEASABLE GRIP IS EFFECTED BETWEEN THE RETAINER AND A PLURALITY OF STACKED FOLDED SHEETS WITH THE FOLDS ALONG A HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR THE SEQUENTIAL INDIVIDUAL RELEASE OF EACH OF SUCH STACKED FOLDED SHEETS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 157 words
A DISPENSER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RECTANGULAR BOX-LIKE HOUSING; SAID HOUSING HAVING A BACK, TWO ENDS, A TOP AND A BASE MEMBER FOR SAID HOUSING, ALL SUCH MEMBERS BEING EITHER PERPENDICULAR OR PARALLEL WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER HOUSING PORTION AND DEFINING AN OPEN FRONT PORTION; AND A TOWEL RETAINER, SAID TOWER RETAINER HAVING AN ELONGATE BACK AND AN ELONGATE RECTANGULAR DEPENDING GRIPPING MEMBER, ALL SAID MEMBERS BEING RIGID AND NONRESILIENT, THE RETAINER BACK HAVING A HINGE EDGE IN REMOTE, SPACED, PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE GRIPPING MEMBER, AND NON-RESILIENT HINGE MEANS SECURING THE RETAINER ADJACENT THE HOUSING BACK ON THE RETAINER''S HINGED EDGE AND IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION WITH THE HOUSING BASE MEMBER WITH THE RETAINER BACK ABUTTING THE HOUSING TOP, WHEREBY A GRAVITATIONAL RELEASABLE GRIP IS EFFECTED BETWEEN THE RETAINER AND A PLURALITY OF STACKED FOLDED SHEETS WITH THE FOLDS ALONG A HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR THE SEQUENTIAL INDIVIDUAL RELEASE OF EACH OF SUCH STACKED FOLDED SHEETS.

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