Abstract: The combination of (1) sheets of note paper in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on its bottom surface along one edge by which the sheet is adhered to the top surface of the adjacent sheet in the stack, the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of adjacent sheets at alternate opposite sides of the stack, and (2) a dispenser comprising a housing closely receiving the top, bottom and first side surfaces of the stack of sheets. The housing includes a top wall of flexible material adjacent the top surface of the stack, which top wall has through flanking slits parallel to and flanking side surfaces of the stack and generally centered along those side surfaces, and spaced edge surfaces extending between the flanking slits. The flanking slits and edge surfaces define two opposed flap like portions of the top wall and a slot through the top wall between the flap like portion through which slot projects a portion of the uppermost sheet in the stack.

Abstract: A pocket dispenser of facial tissues comprising a container which is readily openable for replenishing the supply of facial tissues therewithin and having an opening adjacent to which one end of a layer of separate facial tissues is disposed for ready withdrawal of separate tissues through the opening, the layer of separate tissues being consecutively oppositely folded longitudinally at least twice, one of the reverse folds being disposed adjacent the bottom of the container and the tissue disposed most closely to the opening being the inside tissue within the latter fold whereby same may be readily removed from the layer. Expandable positioning panels are disposed within the folds for aiding in maintaining the layer of tissues in position and properly oriented.

Abstract: An extruded plastic zipper assembly comprises a pair of matching zipper strips having complementary reclosably interlocked zipper profiles with laterally extending confronting webs, and complementary non-zipper stabilizing rib means on the webs cooperating with the interlocked profiles for maintaining the webs substantially parallel to one another so that the assembly can be stacked in substantially uniform parallel relation with like zipper assemblies in a magazine package container, and a method of making the same.

Abstract: A number of inner packages are formed into a unit and wrapped in an outer package. The combination of the inner and outer packages allows the package to hold its shape after the outer package is opened. The outer package is formed by wrapping the inner package unit in a tubular outer wrap, and sealing the top and bottom surfaces. The outer wrap, or at least the material for the top and bottom panels of the outer package, is made of a contractible or heat shrinkable flexible plastic film which is contracted or heat shrunk to maintain and hold the inner package unit in a tightly packed condition. Deformation of the outer package is more effectively prevented and makes the outer package easy to handle. An opening in the outer package is formed by perforation lines in two side panels and a top or bottom panel. The perforation lines may extend the entire height of the outer package. The panel sections between these perforation lines form dust flaps after opening.

Abstract: A shipping container for sponge articles converts into a dispensing container for the articles by simply unfastening a hinged bottom on the container. The shipping container holds many more sponge articles than its size would apparently allow by holding the sponge articles in a compressed state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for storing a plurality of gloves and for individually dispensing the gloves. The invention allows a user to easily retrieve a single glove while the remaining gloves are shielded from contamination by the user and from the surrounding environment. The present invention includes a container having a dispensing aperture formed thereon. A plurality of gloves is disposed within the container. A shield is provided to cover the aperture when a glove is not being retrieved. A hinge, or other structure, is provided which allows a user to move the shield to an open position when retrieving a glove and which will return the shield to a closed position upon removal of the user's hand. The present invention has particular advantages in environments such as dental offices and other locations where contaminants may be present and where it is necessary to protect the stored gloves from such contaminants until a glove is dispensed.

Abstract: A produce dispenser comprises two members that cooperate to form a column for a stack of produce items. The first member as an upper end that is adapted to hang the dispenser on a vertical surface and a bottom platform that supports the items. The second member is preferably slideable over the first member to selectively totally enclose the stack of items or to expose the lowermost piece of produce in the stack. The dispenser may be made of foldable paperboard or of a moldable plastic material.

Abstract: A napkin dispenser (10) is disclosed that is a self-contained unit that may be set upon a surface such as a table, counter, or the like. The napkin dispenser (10) has a front (14) and back (16) that oppose one another, each end having hinged doors (26) that may be opened for loading of napkins. The napkin dispenser (10) is symmetrical on a plane equidistant from the doors (26). The doors (26) have access windows (30) through which napkins may be extracted individually. The pressure plates (34) push the napkin against the doors (26), the pressure plates (34) being biased by a leaf spring (62). The spring (62) has a single leaf that is attached to the underside of the top (18) of the napkin dispenser (10) and to the back side of each of the pressure plates (34). The spring is positioned at an angle of 45.degree. relative to a line normal to the surface upon which the napkin dispenser (10) may be set, and the spring (62) is routred over a top (72) on the back side of the pressure plates (34).

Abstract: Package of preferably self-adhesive abrasive material (1), comprising circular disks or sheets, which are attached to each other to make a connected unit, which is folded together to make a bundle (3) so that all the abrasive material sheets or disks (1) in the bundle (3) are placed so that their face (1a) provided with abrasive material is facing upwards. The invention is characterized in that the abrasive material sheets or discs (1) are attached to each other by means of a continuous carrying band (2) passed along one side of the bundle (3) and in loops in between each sheet or disc of abrasive material (1), the upper portion (2a) of each loop being fixed to the side (1b) free of abrasive material of the sheet or disk of abrasive material (1) placed above, and the lower portion (2b) of each loop lying free between the upper portion (2a) of the loop and the abrasive-material-coated face (1a) of the sheet or disc of abrasive material placed underneath.

Abstract: A tissue box with disposal compartment includes a conventional compartment for the holding and dispensing of new tissues, and a second compartment for the disposal of used tissue which folds out from a side of the new tissue compartment. The used tissue disposal compartment is integrally attached to the new tissue dispensing compartment, having a common side wall therewith, and may be arranged in a folded position against the common side wall when not in use, or in an extended position for receiving used tissue. Two foldable side walls unfold into the extended position, with the fourth side wall being attached to the outer edge of the two folding side walls. A bottom wall is foldingly attached at the lower end of the common side wall so that when bent up, into the folded position, it lies against the common side wall, while in the extended position it rotates down to form the bottom of the used tissue compartment.

Abstract: A soap leaf packet for individually dispensing packets from a stack thereof contained within a housing, includes a wrapper having a plurality of flaps foldable about a soap leaf and which are seguentially dispensable from the bottom of the stack. The wrapper is provided with a tab having two segments with one serving as a depending pull tab which, when activated, elevates one wrapper flap, thus pushing up an overlying wrapper flap, so that continued pulling on the tab opens up one flap and urges the other flap to engage the pull tab of the next-above packet, to insure its projection through a bottom opening in the housing and to cause the opening of the other flap. In this manner the contained soap leaf is automatically readied for grasping by the user.

Abstract: A self-erecting container 20 has a removable section 32 adjacent the engaging panels of a self-erecting end structure, and a permanent web which supports the self-erecting structure notwithstanding separation of the removable panel. A front side wall panel 24 has a removable section 32 at an end of the container adjacent the self-erecting structure 42, 44, 54, 56. A flap panel 44 is attached at least initially to the removable section 32. An end panel 56 adjacent the flat panel 44 has a back-folded tab 62 fixed to the flap panel 44 by a permanently attached web 60, maintaining the structural integrity of the self-erecting container bottom when removable section 32 is separated from front side wall panel 24.

Abstract: A produce dispenser comprise two members that cooperate to form a column for a stack of produce items. The first member as an upper end that is adapted to hang the dispenser on a vertical surface and a bottom platform that supports the items. The second member is preferably slideable over the first member to selectively totally enclose the stack of items or to expose the lowermost piece of produce in the stack. The dispenser may be made of foldable paperboard or of a moldable plastic material.

Abstract: A dispenser for drinking straws is disclosed. The dispenser is a container which includes a front panel and an inclined bottom panel so that the straws within roll toward the front and pass through an elongated aperture. The leading straw rests against a rib projecting upward from the end of the bottom panel and blocks the aperture to retain the remaining straws within the container. Also included are a closure panel, hinged to a back panel, which allows access to the inside of the container, and side walls, which extend below the container to form supporting legs. A central opening enables one to grasp a straw by its central portion. The container is formed by the injection moulding of a plastic material in a single, substantially flat, unfolded sheet with a number of fold lines. Assembly is carried out by folding the sheet along the fold lines with the ends of the front panel positively engaging with the side walls.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for relatively flat packets such as individually packaged non-prescription drugs is disclosed. A housing having openings in the top and front walls thereof receives a plurality of vertically disposed magazines. The magazines each comprise a packet receiving tray member and a removable sleeve which partly encloses the tray member. An opening in the magazine is provided by the cooperation of an opening in a wall of the sleeve and the tray member. A liner is disposed in the tray member depending from the wall of the tray member and engaging the inner rear wall of the tray member. A shelf depends from the magazine opening at the lower end of the opening. An optional laterally disposed extension is provided at the bottom of the housing.

Abstract: A cardboard container having a dispensing opening formed in the lower portion of its front wall through which articles can be withdrawn. The container has a bottom wall that is elevated from its lower end. The front portions of the lower edges of the side walls and the lower edge of the front wall overhanging the front edge of the bottom wall, whereby the bottom wall has an area less than the cross-sectional area container space above the bottom wall. When a stack of articles are housed in the container with the lowermost article resting on the bottom wall it will overhang the bottom wall in the area of the dispensing opening and can be manipulated from the underside of its overhanging portion and removed from the container through the dispensing opening from the container.

Abstract: A thin cardboard container is provided for holding drinking straws during both shipping of the straws and dispensing of the straws in a restaurant or the like. The container includes a straw-supporting inclined wall (34) which extends at a downward incline from the top-rear of the container to the bottom-front, to urge the straws to move out of a gap (16) at the bottom of the front wall of the container. When the bottom of the front wall is deflected inwardly, it passes over a single straw to enable grasping and removal of the single straw. A closing wall (14) which extends up from the bottom wall, can be pivoted from a closed position wherein it extends vertically to close the gap at the bottom of the front wall, to an open position wherein it permits access to a straw lying forward of the bottom wall. The closing wall includes a pair of tabs (40,42) at either side for retaining it in both its closed and open positions.

Abstract: A dispensing bin type of carton of the type having a pull-out lower front panel controlled by sliding lock tabs is formed from a single blank which can be glued by a straight-line gluer machine and then folded to form a flattened sleeve. The design is such that the sleeve can be set up and filled with articles through one of its sides, and then closed by conventional automatic machinery. The blank for the carton has panels at one of its ends forming the lower front panel and sliding lock tabs and near to the other end of the blank is an aperture surrounded by the upper front panel, side panels, and a bottom connecting panel which is arranged to be glued to a bottom panel adjacent the lower front panel. In folding the blank to form the sleeve an upper edge of the lower front panel is inserted into the aperture to overlap the front of the upper front panel.

Abstract: A convenient dispensing package for a stack of adhesive-coated notepaper comprises a box for containing a stack of sheets with a removable central portion on one end of the box and a band is wrapped about four sides of the stack of sheets with the ends of the band having interfering end portions defining the dispensing opening positioned centrally of the removable box portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bag dispenser for the storing therein and drop-down dispensing therefrom of shopping bags comprising a blank divided by fold line and slit lines defining a front wall, left and right side walls, back wall, back wall seal flap, left and right side bottom flaps, top cover, top cover lock flap, and left and right side top flaps. The blank is folded along its fold lines and is assembled to form a box-like structure. The front wall, correspondingly perforated in configuration, defines an inverted T-shaped panel which is removed via the resulting weakened tear line. Such removed T-shaped panel provides a horizontal slot portion through which the shopping bags may be dispensed one at a time and a centrally located vertical slot portion for determining the number of shopping bags stored in such dispenser.

Abstract: A dispenser for plastic bags comprises two side panels, top and bottom panels and a back panel forming a rigid container. A front panel is hingedly connected to the bottom panel for closing the container. The front panel is formed with a perforated pull-out in the mid to lower portion whereof to expose the interior of the container. A generally U-shaped hanger has a base lying outside the container near the top thereof to facilitate securing the container to an outside support and has a pair of arms passing through and secured by the back and front panels near the respective tops thereof. The arms are adapted to pass through holes formed in the bindings of pads of plastic bags to support the pads within the container. When the pads of bags are thus supported within the container and the perforated pull-out is opened, the bags can be conveniently removed singly by users.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a folding box tube from a folding box form for dispensing articles, such as a cardboard box construction for dispensing pocket handkerchiefs, napkins, or the like, forming a box of a rectangular shape with a rectangular cross-section consisting essentially of one piece of rigid, but foldable, material adapted to be folded to give five surfaces and end closure pieces, the first and fifth surfaces, said process consisting essentially of preparing said folding box form by die cutting, folding said folding flap inwards along a folding line parallel to the bottom surface of said box when formed, folding the five surfaces to form a folding box tube and fastening the first and fifth surfaces together, wherein said folding flap at its outer extension touches the bottom surface of said folding box tube when folded, forming an overlap adapted to be fastened together to form a front surface of said box, a perforated area in said front surface adapted to be opened to the interior of the f

Abstract: The disclosed wall-mounted paperboard container for dispensing stacked articles, one at a time, has a mouth opening in a lower portion of a front wall. The mouth opening is formed from a container blank by infolding a lip panel and gusset flaps in front and side wall panels of the blank. The infolded lip panel supports the stack of articles so that the articles are inclined downwardly and rearwardly. Access to the articles is had by pulling the bottommost article in the stack outwardly through the mouth opening.

Abstract: A cup dispensing package comprises an axially collapsible cylindrical sleeve for storing a stack of nested, disposable cups. The sleeve comprises at least a pair of bands at its opposite end portions, axially extending, uniformly circumferentially spaced slits between the bands that define axially extending strips provided with circumferential cut scores, and a detent on one of the bands frictionally engaging the rim of a partially extending cup to retain the latter prior to its forcible removal. The strips fold radially outwardly then downwardly about their cut scores and transverse sections thereof in response to axially applied compressive force on the sleeve, by the user, as the cups are removed, thereby presenting a fully extended frictionally retained cup for dispensing until such time the cup supply is exhausted.

Abstract: A vertically-mountable dispenser unit for storing and individually dispensing a large number of small boxes. The unit is formed by a frame including a pair of side walls having corresponding-positioned, inwardly-directed ridges thereon that divide the unit into parallel channels for receiving the boxes. Each channel has a discharge opening at the lower end thereof which is terminated by a ledge whereby the boxes are retained in the channels by the ledges and may be laterally withdrawn therefrom. The unit is fabricated of clear thermoplastic material and is created from a flat injection-molded blank that is thermally folded to assume the desired configuration.

Abstract: A shipping and dispensing container having a panel at the lower end of the container front wall adapted to be tilted outwardly to provide a dispensing trough or spout.

Abstract: Paperboard dispensing carton adapted for use with a stacked or nested array of paper cups or the like which includes a rectangular tube with closures at both ends surrounding the cups and a removable tear strip opener at the bottom of the carton removable to expose the bottom of the stack of cups, and means on the inside of the carton near the bottom to frictionally engage the lip of the cups so that they will remain in the carton and be removable singly by hand.