Dispenser for wet and dry interfolded tissue

1. A dispenser for storing and dispensing premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets, said dispenser comprising:

a housing, said housing having a first compartment configured to retain a supply of dry tissue sheets, and a second liquid impermeable compartment configured to retain a supply of premoistened tissue sheets;

a dispensing opening defined in each of said first and second compartments;

a support mechanism disposed on an exterior surface of said housing, said support mechanism engageable with a dispenser fixture such that said housing is supported by a single fixture and consumers are presented with premoistened and dry tissue sheets from a single said housing supported from a single fixture; and

wherein said first compartment is separable from said second compartment.

2. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein the premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets are individual interfolded sheets, said first compartment and second compartment having a size and configuration for retaining a stack of said respective interfolded sheets.

3. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein said first and second compartments are in a stacked configuration.

4. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein said first and second compartments are overlapping along at least a portion thereof and are frictionally engaged along said overlapping portions.

5. The dispenser as in claim 4 , wherein one of said first and second compartments comprises a flanged area that overlaps the other of said second and first compartment.

6. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second compartments is openable for refilling said compartment.

7. The dispenser as in claim 6 , wherein both of said first and second compartments are openable for refilling said compartments.

8. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein said dispenser is designed to be supported by a fixture having support arms extending transversely from a generally vertical support surface, said support mechanism comprising protruding members disposed on opposite sides of said housing, said protruding members having a size and shape so as to engage within recesses defined in the fixture support arms.

9. The dispenser as in claim 8 , wherein the fixture is a rolled tissue product fixture.

10. The dispenser as in claim 8 , wherein said protruding members are spring loaded.

11. The dispenser as in claim 10 , wherein said protruding members comprise adapters attachable to said opposite sides of said housing.

12. The dispenser as in claim 8 , wherein said protruding members are formed integral with said housing sides.

13. The dispenser as in claim 1 , wherein said second compartment is disposed above said first compartment, said dispensing opening in said second compartment defined in a top surface of said housing.

14. The dispenser as in claim 13 , wherein said dispensing opening in said first compartment is defined in a bottom surface of said housing.

15. A dispenser for storing and dispensing interfolded stacked premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets, said dispenser comprising:

a housing, said housing having a width dimension between side walls such that said housing fits between support arms of a mounted rolled product fixture;

a generally liquid impermeable premoistened tissue sheet compartment defined in said housing;

a dry tissue sheet compartment defined in said housing below said premoistened tissue sheet compartment;

a dispensing opening defined in said premoistened tissue sheet compartment through a top surface of said housing;

a dispensing opening defined in said dry tissue sheet compartment through a bottom surface of said housing;

protruding engagement members provided said housing side walls and configured to engage in complimentary recesses provided in the support arms of the rolled product fixture;

wherein said premoistened tissue sheet compartment and said dry tissue sheet compartment are formed of the same material; and

wherein said premoistened tissue sheet compartment is lined with a liquid impermeable material that substantially encloses the premoistened tissue sheets except for essentially a single sheet exposed by an opening in said impermeable material aligned with said dispensing opening in said premoistened tissue sheet compartment.

16. The dispenser as in claim 15 , further comprising a resealable cover disposed over said dispensing opening in said premoistened tissue sheet compartment.

17. The dispenser as in claim 15 , wherein said premoistened tissue sheet compartment and said dry tissue sheet compartment are formed of the same material.

18. The dispenser as in claim 17 , wherein said housing is an integral component, said premoistened tissue sheet compartment and said dry tissue sheet compartment sharing a common wall within said housing.

19. The dispenser as in claim 18 , wherein said common wall defines a top of said dry tissue sheet compartment and a bottom of said premoistened tissue sheet compartment.

20. A dispenser for storing and dispensing interfolded stacked premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets, said dispenser comprising:

a housing, said housing having a width dimension between side walls such that said housing fits between support arms of a mounted rolled product fixture;

a generally liquid impermeable premoistened tissue sheet compartment defined in said housing;

a dry tissue sheet compartment defined in said housing below said premoistened tissue sheet compartment;

a dispensing opening defined in said premoistened tissue sheet compartment through a top surface of said housing;

a dispensing opening defined in said dry tissue sheet compartment through a bottom surface of said housing;

protruding engagement members provided said housing side walls and configured to engage in complimentary recesses provided in the support arms of the rolled product fixture; and

wherein said premoistened tissue sheet compartment is separable from said dry tissue sheet compartment.

21. The dispenser as in claim 20 , wherein said dry tissue sheet compartment is press fitted into a flanged area disposed below said premoistened tissue sheet compartment.

22. The dispenser as in claim 21 , wherein said premoistened tissue sheet compartment is a closed compartment and said dry tissue sheet compartment comprises an open top end such that when said compartments are combined, a bottom surface of said premoistened tissue sheet compartment defined a top of said dry tissue sheet compartment.