Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes a container having a plurality of exterior panels that define an internal chamber. The exterior panels include at least opposing side panels and a top panel having an opening configured to dispense a plurality of articles therethrough. The dispensing assembly also includes an article dispensing component housed within the internal chamber that includes a base panel arranged with the top panel of the container so as to form an article storage area. The article storage area is configured to receive the plurality of articles. The base panel is biased towards the top panel via at least one flexible member that is secured to at least one of the opposing side panels of the container. Thus, the flexible member is configured to allow movement of the base panel towards to the top panel as each article is dispensed from the opening.

Abstract: A device for dispensing towels comprises a container, a sepearet area and a chamber. The container, such a bottle contains liquid, such a hand sanitizer. Then a separate area provides for housing a plurality of dry compressed towels, in the form of tablets. The chamber receives the dry compressed towels and the liquid. A trigger mechanism provides for selectively introducing at least one dry compressed towel and liquid into the chamber. Actuation of the trigger mechanism causes the dry compressed towel to enter the chamber and to be exposed to the liquid so as to be moistened or wetted, thereby being decompressed or expanding. The user can then retrieve the ready to use towel from the chamber.

Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for flat items such as disposable gloves that are contained within a dispensing bag that has an at least partially-open front side. The dispenser includes a base that has a rear wall and a pair of opposing side walls. A non-opaque cover with a dispensing aperture therethrough is pivotally fixed between each side wall and adapted to swing between an open and a closed position. At least one elastic cord is stretched between each side wall to urge the dispensing bag towards the cover when the cover is in the closed position and the dispensing bag is between the cover and the at least one elastic cord. The front side of the dispensing bag may be non-opaque and open at a dispensing bag aperture therethrough, a temporary adhesive being fixed proximate a periphery of the dispensing bag aperture.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first plate being configured for supporting a quantity of tissues within a tissue dispenser box. A second plate is configured for resting on a bottom portion of the tissue dispenser box. A resilient structure is configured for urging the first plate in an upward direction. The resilient structure is further configured to be positioned between the first plate and the second plate. Attachment mechanisms are joined to a bottom portion of the first plate and a top portion of the second plate. The attachment mechanisms are configured for joining the resilient structure to the first plate and the second plate.

Abstract: In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for detecting an analyte concentration level in a bio-fluid sample. The analyte sensor has a base with first and second ends, a concave recess in the first end, a second end receiving surface, and a sidewall extending between the ends. An electrode may be provided on the receiving surface with an electrochemically-active region coupled to the electrode. A conductor in electrical contact with the electrode may extend along the sidewall and may be adapted to be in electrical contact with a first contact of an analyte meter. Manufacturing methods and systems utilizing and dispensing the analyte sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects.

Abstract: A tissue dispensing device for use with a standard tissue carton is formed as a helical coil spring that is highly stretchy and has a top coil that is fastened around a dispenser aperture in a top surface of the tissue carton with the remainder of the helical coil spring inserted into a space between the top surface of the tissue carton and top of the stack of tissues within the carton with a bottom coil thereof resting on top of the stack of tissues. The helical coil spring forms an open circular space within its coils under gravity that provides a vertically-extending support structure for supporting a tissue next to be dispensed from the tissue stack in a vertical standing position with a leading part thereof extending through a membrane opening of the dispenser aperture of the tissue carton to enable a user to grasp the leading part to withdraw the next tissue to be dispensed.

Abstract: A tissue product, which includes a carton and a stack of tissues, is provided with a flattened arched-shaped sheet that supports the stack of tissues. As the tissues are withdrawn from the carton and the weight of the tissue stack is reduced, the flattened arch-shaped sheet gradually assumes its normal arched shape, thereby raising the stack of tissues within the carton. Raising the stack substantially reduces or eliminates “fall-back”, which is a common dispensing problem, as the stack height is reduced.

Abstract: A packaging for a stack of articles of absorbing materials such as cotton wool tampons or similar hygiene articles, and where the packaging protects the mentioned articles against soiling and spray from above, as well as the sides, and also preventing contamination from below. The packaging can stand steady on the supporting surface and a the same time easily permit the articles withdrawal, one by one, from the packaging. The packaging is constructed with supporting devices so that the withdrawal aperture faces downwards and is elevated above the supporting surface.

Abstract: A dolly or pallet equipped with an elastically suspended load-bearing surface so as to responsively move downwards as materials are loaded and move upwards as loads are removed thereby reducing variation in the height of the top of the stack. The elastic suspension elements are connected to suspension support structures configured to fold into a compact folded position to facilitate storage and return transport and to unfold into a fully erected position at the time of use.

Abstract: Gloves and dispensers for gloves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to disposable gloves packaged in a disposable dispenser configured to engage with a carrier. Aspects of the glove assemblies provided herein include a dispenser case having a flange having locking tab for sliding engagement with a channel on the carrier. The dispenser case may be removed from the carrier and a new dispenser case engaged to the carrier.

Abstract: A dispenser having a first member rotatably engaging a second member to form a cavity from which sheets such as flat bags may be dispensed via a lineal aperture and a sheet-guiding member extending from the first member into the cavity.

Abstract: Gloves and dispensers for gloves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to disposable gloves packaged in a disposable dispenser configured to engage with a carrier. Aspects of the glove assemblies provided herein include a dispenser case having a flange having locking tab for sliding engagement with a channel on the carrier. The dispenser case may be removed from the carrier and a new dispenser case engaged to the carrier.

Abstract: A dispenser for a pad of repositionable notes is provided. The dispenser includes (a) a base having opposing interior and exterior surfaces; (b) a cover having opposing interior and exterior surfaces and two slots disposed substantially orthogonal to one another, the slots being sized to allow for dispensing individual repositionable notes from the pad, the cover disposed on the base forming a cavity; and (c) a biasing mechanism disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly adapted for dispensing gloves, which includes a dispenser. The dispenser has a housing which forms an inner surface and an internal compartment configured to hold a stack of gloves, and at least one dispensing opening. A stack of gloves disposed in the dispenser on a glove positioner and the glove positioner biases the stack of gloves toward the dispensing opening and a portion of the housing such that the glove positioner controls the stack of gloves and space in the internal compartment of the dispenser to prevent gloves from moving out of the stack and into the space to permit easy and reliable withdrawal of each glove therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention incorporates ways to rapidly open an envelope in which an adhesive bandage is packaged in a sterile manner. Such bandages are commonly described as Band Aids™. The method consists of a modification of the tabs currently used on one end of nearly all such envelopes. The modification consists of the enlargement of the tabs and the use of an additional fold to make the tabs easily gripped because they project out from the envelope. An additional embodiment of the invention causes all the envelopes in a box to be anchored in the box by tabs which are extensions of one half of each envelope, so that by pulling on the tab of the other half of the envelope, the bandage is both pulled from the box and extended from the envelope. An additional enhancement of the invention has one of the release strips protecting the adhesive portions of the bandage to adhere to the envelope, making the bandage ready for application without the need to remove that release strip through a separate action.

Abstract: A bundle of sticky notes that includes: a pile of sticky notes including a plurality of sticky notes whose one end portions are peelably adhered to one another; and a base member adhered to the pile of sticky notes via the lowermost sticky note. In the bundle, an outer periphery of the base member is partially protruded from the pile of sticky notes.

Abstract: A container for individually dispensing plastic bags provided in a stack. The container is formed from a blank that is cut and formed with appropriate fold lines, such that when assembled, the container includes a bottom wall, spaced, opposing sidewalls, and spaced, opposing front and back walls. The bottom wall, sidewalls, and front and back walls define a receptacle for receiving a stack of bags. The container further includes an interior flap extending between the front and back walls. The flap is biased in a direction toward one of the front and back walls such that the flap engages the stack of bags and helps to maintain the stack in a desired orientation within the receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container for dispensing individual paper products that includes a housing, a cover hingedly or removably attached to the housing wherein the cover defines a dispensing opening, a means for elevating paper products, and a plunger disposed in the interior area of the housing. The plunger is urged toward the dispensing opening by the means for elevating paper products. The container may be included in a system for dispensing paper products that further includes a cartridge containing paper products. The cartridge defines a dispensing opening and a second opening wherein the means for elevating paper products extends through the second opening into the interior area of the cartridge to contact the paper products and urge the paper products toward the dispensing opening. The cartridge and container may be configured wherein the second opening is formed by removal of a removable portion during the process of inserting the cartridge into the container.

Abstract: A method of interfolding gloves including superposing finger portion of second glove adjacent finger portion of first glove, with second glove finger portion being disposed parallel and in a direction opposite the first glove finger portion, in a superjacent opposing relationship. First glove hand and cuff are lapped over second glove finger, to create lapped, superjacent opposing fold. By repeatedly lapping previous glove hand over subsequent glove fingers, a glove bundle is formed. Folding can be longitudinal before lapped, superjacent opposing folding. Gloves are disposed in portable dispenser with lapped, superjacent folding and dispensing opening cooperating to dispense one glove, cuff first.

Abstract: A tape dispenser/applicator device for dispensing and applying tape to packages. The tape dispenser/applicator device includes a housing member having side walls and open top and bottom ends; and also includes a tape cartridge being removably disposed in the housing member and being adapted to store a stack of strips of adhesive tape therein; and further includes a plunger assembly being removably mounted to the housing member and being adapted to dispense the strips of adhesive tape from the tape cartridge and to apply the strips of adhesive tape selectively; and also includes a holder member being removably mounted upon the bottom end of the housing member.

Abstract: A dispensing box, and more particularly a device for holding a stack of individual sheets of flexible paper (e.g., coupons, recipes, rebates) or individual product samples for in-store advertising and promotion. The dispensing box has a resilient insert which pushes the stack towards an opening in the dispenser that is constructed in such a way that individual items may be gripped and removed one at a time while the remaining stack of items is retained within the dispenser.

Abstract: A dispensing box, and more particularly a device for holding a stack of individual sheets of flexible paper (e.g., coupons, recipes, rebates) or individual product samples for in-store advertising and promotion. The dispensing box has a resilient insert which pushes the stack towards an opening in the dispenser that is constructed in such a way that individual items may be gripped and removed one at a time while the remaining stack of items is retained within the dispenser.

Abstract: A package for dispensing sheet material from a stack includes a novel biasing device for urging the stack of sheet material toward an opening in one side of the package. The biasing device is comprised of a flat sheet of material sized and shaped to be located within the package beneath the stack of sheet material. An elastomeric element having an unstressed length that is less than a diameter of the flat sheet of material is stressed and positioned between opposite edges of the flat sheet of material. As stress is relieved from the elastomeric element, the elastomeric element draws the opposite edges together and elevates a central portion of the sheet of material in the form of an arch to urge the stack toward the opening as the stack of sheet material is depleted.

Abstract: A bandage or other injury dressing dispenser is disclosed. The dispenser includes a plurality of differently-sized compartments, one for each injury dressing size. The dispenser includes bottom, front, rear and top surfaces and further includes a tension member in each compartment, for providing a biasing force between the compartment rear surface and a backing plate in each compartment. The injury dressings are disposed vertically between the backing plate and the front compartment surface, such that the tension member urges the injury dressings forwardly against the interior side of the front surface. The injury dressings are dispensed from a slot in the bottom surface of each compartment by the application of a downwardly directed force against the injury dressing through an arcuate opening in the front surface of each compartment.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispenser box allowing for the removal of individual coupons without the chance of another coupon being removed at the same time. The dispenser comprises walls defining a cavity adapted to receive the stack of sheets, an opening through which the sheets may be individually dispensed, a flat bottom wall fitting within the dimensions of the four walls, and a resilient member to push the stack of sheets to the opening in the top wall of the dispenser.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispenser box allowing for the removal of individual coupons without the chance of another coupon being removed at the same time. The dispenser comprises walls defining a cavity adapted to receive the stack of sheets, an opening through which the sheets may be individually dispensed, a flat bottom wall fitting within the dimensions of the four walls, and a resilient member to push the stack of sheets to the opening in the top wall of the dispenser.

Abstract: A sheet article dispenser includes a housing and a double-acting spring designed to urge a stack of sheet articles toward an access opening in the housing to allow only the outermost sheet to be removed one at a time. The double-acting spring includes a thin flexible panel and a resilient band. The panel has opposite ends flanking a middle section. The ends each have a pair of lateral notches at opposite edges for receiving the resilient band. The ends are flexed inwardly to form an S-shaped structure with arcuate surfaces on each side of the middle section that can deform elastically.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispenser box allowing for the removal of individual coupons without the chance of another coupon being removed at the same time. The dispenser comprises walls defining a cavity adapted to receive the stack of sheets, an opening through which the sheets may be individually dispensed, a flat bottom wall fitting within the dimensions of the four walls, and a resilient member to push the stack of sheets to the opening in the top wall of the dispenser. The device may also comprise a filler, a shouter for drawing attention to the dispenser, and a device for mounting the dispenser to a shelf.

Abstract: A napkin holder comprising an upper wall, a lower wall and first and second sidewalls defining a housing having first and second opposed openings as provided. The holder also includes first and second plates disposed and moveable within the housing. The first and second plates respectively have first and second outer peripheries. The holder further includes a biasing structure disposed between the first and second plates biasing the first plate toward the first opening and the second plate toward the second opening. The biasing structure is disposed substantially within both the first and second outer peripheries. The holder also has first and second apertured doors respectively closing the first and second openings.

Abstract: An upright facial tissue carton is disclosed with improved tissue dispensing. The carton has a top wall, four sidewalls and a bottom wall. The top wall has an aperture formed therein through which the tissue can be withdrawn. An inverted U-shaped clip of interfolded tissue is positioned within the carton. The clip of tissue is maintained in close proximity to the aperture by a support means to facilitate singular dispensing of the tissues from the carton. The support means is formed from a flexible material that is folded into an inverted U-shape along with the clip of tissue.

Abstract: A dual-purpose storage and display apparatus includes a storage and dispensing bin, a top cover for the bin, and an information display device mounted on the bin. The storage and dispensing bin defines an interior chamber for storing articles, which can be disposed in boxes and cartons in the bin, and a lower dispensing opening in the front of the bin through which the articles can be removed by users from the boxes and cartons stored in the interior chamber of the bin. The top cover is movable relative to the bin for opening and closing an open top of the bin. The information display device is mounted to the front of the bin above the lower dispensing opening for displaying information targeted to users who remove articles from the bin. The information display device can be a frame mounted to the front of the bin for defining a window and a slot at least partially surrounding the window for receiving the insertion therein of a sheet containing information for viewing through the window.

Abstract: An improved business-person's holder and hygienic seeming dispenser for standard business-cards, constructed as to provide novel convenience advantage of dispensing outward from one of the long-sides of a rectangular housing, by biasing of a dispensing button forward from a rearward ready position. The notion of the invention being to keep the cards of virtually any gauge-thickness hygienically clean and wrinkle-free, while providing a repetitively reliable rapid-action, and relatively elegant modality by which to introduce oneself to others. A novel actuator-mechanism is included wherein by virtue of thumb-pressure applied to the dispensing button it thereby simultaneously tilts-over slightly as to lower a close-coupled friction-pad down upon the upward-face of uppermost card stacked into the housing. The uppermost card is thus frictionably transported away from the remaining stack, to an outwardly position exhibiting about 80% of the card's face to the customer to which it is being presented.

Abstract: A cartridge for dry-type chemical analysis films comprises a box housing, which accommodates therein a stack of dry-type chemical analysis films and which has a take-out opening at one end such that the dry-type chemical analysis films may be taken out of the box housing through the take-out opening one after another. A push member is located in the box housing so as to be capable of sliding. The push member comes into contact with the stack of the dry-type chemical analysis films from the side opposite to the take-out opening and pushes the stack of the dry-type chemical analysis films in the direction heading towards the take-out opening. An urging member is located in the box housing and urges the push member in the direction heading towards the take-out opening. A restriction member is located in the box housing and restricts the distance of movement of the push member in the direction heading away from the take-out opening to at most a value equal to the width of each dry-type chemical analysis film.

Abstract: A paper article dispenser including a housing for storing a stack of paper articles therein and a mechanism (such as a leaf spring) for urging the stack toward an opening in the housing to facilitate removal of one of the paper articles through the opening. The spring is configured and positioned to lie substantially flat within the housing when the spring is fully compressed. In another aspect, the base of the housing is constructed with integral, resilient members that bias the stack toward the opening.

Abstract: A dispenser for bandages is provided wherein bandages adhered to successive bandages along opposite ends of the bandage are dispensed from a box between a pair of flexible fingers extending into an opening in the top wall of the box. Various configurations for the stack of bandages to be provided in the box are also disclosed.

Abstract: A mechanism for automatically pushing up tissues which includes a box and a pusher. The box stores the tissues in layers and has a top wall with an opening formed therein for picking up tissues therethrough. The pusher is disposed under the tissues in the box for pushing up tissues. The pusher includes a flat base, main leg, subleg and a force member. The tissues are placed in layers on the flat base. The main leg has an upper end fixed to a lower face of the base so that the main leg may be freely folded relative to the base. The subleg is connected to the main leg and has a first end contacting the lower face of the base. The first end of the subleg is displaced from the fixed upper end of the main leg for supporting the base in a substantially horizontal state. The force member is attached to the main leg and subleg for forcing the main leg and subleg to push up the base.

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: A device for storing and dispensing a number of disposable bowls comprising a disk shaped base with retaining arms and support members. Said retaining arms act to keep said disposable bowls horizontally aligned with said base and have bends at the top of each to hold said disposable bowls in the device. Said support members exert upward pressure on the underside of said disposable bowls thereby keeping said disposable bowls firmly nested against said bends at the top of each retaining arm.

Abstract: A greens marker holder adapted for affixation to the end of a putter by an adhesive. The holder includes a housing in which is mounted a cover biased upwardly by a resilient body retained in the internal space of the holder housing by a lower closure. A partial top wall is adapted for the provision of an indicium thereon. The holder is secured to the upper end of a golf club by a sheet element having a lower adhesive layer for engagement with the top end of the golf club.

Abstract: Notepaper dispensers formed from inexpensive card stock material tend to weaken and tear when subjected to concentrated forces, and the dispenser of the present patent is provided with lengths of polymeric material adjacent the edges of the dispensing opening which will bend and flex more reliably, and a biasing member is disposed in the container for biasing the notepaper toward the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A tissue paper box includes a plurality of side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall which define an enclosure for containing tissue papers; the top wall being cut-away to define a paper outlet through which the tissue papers can be removed; the side walls being collapsible to provide the tissue paper box in compact form after at least some of the tissue papers are removed therefrom; and at least one elastic strip secured to interior surfaces of the walls of the box for biasing the tissue papers toward the paper outlet, the at least one elastic strip being at least partly removable through the paper outlet when all of the tissue papers are removed from the box, to be wrapped around the box so as to maintain the box in the collapsed, compact form.

Abstract: A convenient dispensing package for a stack of adhesive-coated notepaper comprising a box for containing a stack of sheets. The box is formed with an opening in the cover into which flaps project from the edges of the opening and which flaps terminate in opposed edges which grasp the sheets as they are dispensed. A block of resilient compressible foam is placed in the box on the side of the stack opposite the opening to urge the sheets in the stack toward the dispensing opening such that they may be dispensed one at a time and not have a curl imparted to sheets in the lower part of the stack.

Abstract: A dispenser for bill straps has an integrally-formed presser extending upward from the bottom of the dispenser to urge one end of a stack of such bill straps upward to a site at which the straps can be withdrawn. Rubber-like edge guides keep the stack aligned and provides pressure on the edges of the bill straps in the stack to facilitate withdrawal of individual straps. Another embodiment provides such apparatus with multiple stations for storage and dispensing of straps preprinted in several different denominations.

Abstract: A cartridge for dispensing and disposing of a single surgical blade. The cartridge is specially adapted for machine loading of the blade. The cartridge includes an elongate open-top box with means for receiving and positioning the blade in a curved position to accept the mating boss of a scalpel handle. The box also includes means for stripping a used blade from the scalpel handle and retaining it within the box for disposal. A cover member for the open top of the box is provided. The cover member has downwardly projecting positioning studs which cooperate with mating recesses in the side walls of the box to position the cover on the open top of the box.

Abstract: A napkin dispenser is fabricated from plastic by means of conventional injection molding or other techniques. The dispenser comprises a first and second housing sections which are pivotally coupled by means of a hinge member partially formed on the bottom surface of each housing. Each section contains a napkin accommodating hollow which interfaces with a dispensing aperture on a front wall of the housing. Located between the napkin accommodating hollow and the bottom wall of the housing is a cantilever platform which has first and second recesses. The recesses of one housing are offset with respect to recesses contained in the associated housing on a similar platform. A first plastic spring member has two arcuate arms which are secured within recesses of one housing. A second plastic spring member of a similar configuration has two respective arms which are associated with the recesses in the other housing.

Abstract: An elevating device for use in a box of facial tissues for the purpose of elevating the stack of tissues therein comprises a unitary structure of a resiliently flexible plastics material, such as polyethylene. The structure includes a central platform on which the stack of tissues is supported and resiliently splayable legs integrally formed with the platform along opposite transverse edges thereof. Longitudinally extending and generally central fingers are usefully also integrally formed with the platform to provide additional support for the stack of tissues.

Abstract: A blade container for single edge blades for a straight edge type razor with a replacable blade held in a blade holder. The container has a blade attaching slot in one end wall adjacent one side wall for receiving the end of the blade holder, and a blade detaching slot in one end wall adjacent the other side wall and having a blade retaining projection therein on the side of said slot away from the other side wall. A blade attaching slider is slidable along the container toward and away from the blade attaching slot and a blade compartment therein extending between the side walls in which blades are movable in a direction from one side wall to the other. A blade support and guide within the container adjacent the blade detaching slot is spring urged in a direction through the compartment for urging blades in the compartment toward the side wall adjacent the blade attaching slot and guides a blade holder toward the side wall adjacent the blade attaching slot and behind the blade retaining projection.