Abstract: A dispensing cover for use with a container to form a dispenser for substrates has a minimum thickness for the material forming the perimeter of the dispensing opening to reduce the dispensing drag and/or dispensing noise. In one embodiment, the dispensing cover can comprise a dispensing lid that is snapped over the open end of a cup that is filled with a stack of facial tissues. In another embodiment, the dispensing cover can comprise a dispensing plug that is inserted into one end of a hollow tube that is filled with a stack of facial tissues and closed on the opposing end with a bottom plug.

Abstract: A dispenser for sheet materials includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a restraining member preventing the top and bottom portion from separating. The top portion and the bottom portion can telescope to vary the dispenser's overall height. In one embodiment, by designing a dispenser having bottom sidewalls and top sidewalls of approximately the same length, problems with access to the exposed sheet or excessive manipulation to change the dispenser's height can be avoided. In another embodiment, by designing the dispenser such that the height of the dispenser can automatically reduce as the sheet material is depleted or where the height can be adjusted by simply pushing down on the dispenser's top makes the dispenser convenient to use.