Patents by Inventor Markus Wichmann

Markus Wichmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9296546
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body having a body sidewall and an opening for dispensing sheets; a lid hingedly attached to the body and having a lid sidewall. The lid pivots relative to the body between a closed position covering at least part of the sheets and an open position, allowing access to the sheets. The body sidewall and the lid sidewall are flush in the closed position of the lid and face each other in the open position of the lid. A first connecting member and a second connecting member, one being provided on the lid and the other being provided on the body are included. The first and second connecting members cooperate in the open position to fixedly connect the lid to the body so that the dispenser is stably placeable on a horizontal surface in the open position with the body sidewall being angled to the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Markus Wichmann, Saskia Lendzian
  • Publication number: 20150166248
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body having a body sidewall and an opening for dispensing sheets; a lid hingedly attached to the body and having a lid sidewall. The lid is pivotable relative to the body between a closed position covering at least part of the sheets and an open position, allowing access to the sheets. The body sidewall and the lid side wall are flush in the closed position of the lid and face each other in the open position of the lid. A first and second connecting member, one being provided on the lid and the other being provided on the body also are included. The first and second connecting members cooperate in the open position to fixedly connect the lid to the body so that the dispenser is stably placeable on a horizontal surface in the open position with the body sidewall being angled to the horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Markus Wichmann, Saskia Lendzian
  • Publication number: 20130213992
    Abstract: A dispenser for containing and holding a stack of absorbent products includes a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensable and a manually graspable member that is graspable by a user from outside the dispenser and manipulatable to move the stack when the stack is in a depleted state from a retracted position relative to the dispensing opening to a position adjacent to the dispensing opening. The dispenser includes a stack moving member having a first configuration conforming to faces of the dispenser that are transverse to one another and a second configuration forming a ramp between those faces and extending towards the dispensing opening. The stack moving member is reconfigurable from the first configuration to the second configuration to move the stack when the stack is in a depleted state from a retracted position relative to the dispensing opening to a position adjacent to the dispensing opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventor: Markus Wichmann