Means for dispensing sheet material

Claim 1

AN END OPENING CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING SHEET MATERIAL ONE SHEET AT A TIME IN COMBINATION A CONTAINER HAVING RELATIVELY RIGID TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SHEET MATERIAL THEREIN AND RELATIVELY NARROW SIDE WALLS, A DISPENSING MEANS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING A SHEET TRANSVERSELY DIVIDED INTO A BASE PORTION AND A TAB PORTION HINGED TO SAID BASE WITH THE TERMINATING END EDGE OF SAID TAB PORTION BEARING AGAINST THE INNER FACE OF SAID CONTAINER TOP PORTION AND FORMING AN ACUTE ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY 15*, SHEET MATERIAL IN FANNED DISPOSITION WITHIN SAID CONTAINER WITH ONE FANNED END OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL ABUTTING AND RETAINED BY THE ANGLED TAB PORTION WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND THE OTHER END EXTENDING BEYOND THE OPEN END OF THE SAID CONTAINER, AND A RELATIVELY FLAT BAG CONTAINING SAID DISPENSER AND SAID SHEET MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER WITHOUT EXPOSURE OF THE CONTENTS, SAID BAG HAVING AN OPENING AT THE DISPENSING END DEFINED BY A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE LIPS AND A WEIGHT AFFIXED TO THE LOWER OF SAID LIPS TO PROVIDE A CLOSURE BY FOLDING THE LIPS UPWARDLY AND BACK UPON THEMSELVES SO THAT GRAVITY ACTING ON THE WEIGHT WILL HOLD THE CLOSURE.