Sheet dispensing unit

Claim 2

A package holder comprising a pair of spaced, generally parallel, oppositely disposed hanger members attached to opposite ends of a support to form a U shaped configuration, said support being adapted to be affixed to a vertical surface with said hanger members projecting outwardly, said hanger members each having, on the side thereof nearest the other, a vertically extending hanger blade oriented approximately perpendicularly with respect to said support, each said hanger blade being cantilevered from its lower end in laterally spaced relation to the balance of said hanger member and outwardly spaced relation to said support, thereby forming upwardly opening slots for the reception of a depending skirt of said package, said holder being unobstructed in the region directly overlying said blades and slots to facilitate top loading and removal of said package.

Claim 3

The package holder of claim 1 in which the width of said hanger blades is tapered so that the top end thereof is narrower than the lower end.

Claim 4

The package holder of claim 2 in which the package holder is injection molded from high impact polystyrene.

Claim 5

The package holder of claim 3 in which the support is provided with a double-faced pressure sensitive tape along the upper portion of the side thereof opposite the side from which said hanger members project.

Claim 6

A sheet dispensing unit having in combination: A. a package comprising a stack of flat sheets, one end of which is attached to a header piece, each of said sheets being individually releasable from said package, said header piece being rectangular and having a depending extension connected to each of its four edges, adjacent extensions being joined along their abutting ends and collectively encircling said stack of sheets at said one end, the side extensions which lie along the width of said header piece at about right angles with the planes of said sheets being spaced outwardly of said stack whereby to form a slot intermediate each side of said stack and the adjacent side extension, and B. a package holder comprising a pair of spaced, generally parallel, oppositely disposed hanger members, said hanger members being attached to opposite ends of a support adapted to be affixed to a vertical surface with said hanger members projecting outwardly, said hanger members each having on the side thereof nearest the other, a vertically extending hanger blade oriented approximately perpendicularly to said support, said hanger blades each being cantilevered from its lower end in laterally spaced relation to the balance of said hanger member and in outwardly spaced relation to said support, said lateral and outward spacing being at least as large as the thickness of corresponding portions of said extensions on the header piece of said package, said hanger blades having a thickness no larger than the dimension of said slots of said package between the sides of the stack and the adjacent side extension, said hanger blades being spaced from one another by an amount at least about as large as the width of said stack, said hanger blades being telescoped within said slots in said package.

Claim 7

A sheet dispensing unit having in combination: A. a package comprising a stack of flat sheets, one end of which is attached to a header piece, each of said sheets being individually releasable from said package, said header piece being rectangular and having a depending extension connected to each of its four edges, adjacent extensions being joined along their abutting ends and collectively encircling said stack of sheets at said one end, the side extensions which lie along the width of said header piece at about right angles with the planes of said sheets being spaced outwardly of said stack whereby to form a slot intermediate each side of said stack and the adjacent side extension, and B. a package holder comprising a pair of spaced, generally parallel, oppositely disposed hanger members, said hanger members being attached to opposite ends of a support adapted to be affixed to a vertical surface with said hanger members projecting outwardly, said hanger members each having on the side thereof nearest the other, a vertically extending hanger blade oriented approximately perpendicularly to said support, said hanger blades each being cantilevered from its lower end in laterally spaced relation to the balance of said hanger member and in outwardly spaced relation to said support, said lateral and outward spacing being at least as large as the thickness of corresponding portions of said extensions on the header piece of said package, said hanger blades having a thickness no larger than the dimension of said slots of said package between the sides of the stack and the adjacent side extension, said hanger blades being spaced from one another by an amount at least about as large as the width of said stack, said hanger blades being telescoped within said slots in said package.

Claim 8

The sheet dispensing unit of claim 5 in which tHe said hanger blades have a height at least about as great as the height of said side extensions.

Claim 9

The sheet dispensing unit of claim 6 in which the top surfaces of said hanger blades of said package holder are flat and have a width in the range of from about 40 percent to about 95 percent of the width of said header piece.

Claim 10

The sheet dispensing unit of claim 5 in which the extension attached to one of the edges which is parallel to the sheets of said stack is of substantially greater dimensions than said side extensions, whereby its lower portion extends downwardly beyond the lower limit of said side extension, said lower portion being reduced in width so as not to exceed the approximate width of said stack.