Toilet seat cover refill package
View Patent ↗A toilet seat cover refill package including a box holding a plurality of toilet seat covers dispensed in face-to-face relationship and on end, and support structure within the box for providing lateral support for the toilet seat covers to prevent sagging thereof.
1. A toilet seat cover refill package comprising in combination:
a toilet seat cover box supporting and holding a plurality of unfolded groups of toilet seat covers including a first group and a second group behind said first group, each group comprising a plurality of individual double-sided flexible toilet seat covers having upper and lower ends, said toilet seat covers disposed in face-to-face relationship and supported on end by the box in a substantially vertical orientation for individually dispensing said toilet seat covers from said box, said box having front and back walls, end walls connecting said front and back walls, and a top and a bottom defining a box interior, with the lower ends of said toilet seat covers engaging said bottom, with said bottom supporting the toilet seat covers, and extending upwardly from said bottom toward said top between said front and back walls with the forward-most seat cover of said first group slidably engageable with said front wall and the toilet seat cover upper ends adjacent to the top of said box, each toilet seat cover having an upwardly directed end portion located between said top and said bottom, and said front wall defining a dispensing opening communicating with said box interior and positioned to serially expose the upwardly directed end portions of said plurality of toilet seat covers during dispensing thereof; and
support structure extending upwardly from said bottom between and spaced from said front and back walls between said first group and said second group within said box interior simultaneously slidably engaging the rearward-most seat cover of said first group and the forward-most seat cover of said second group and cooperable with said front wall and said back wall to provide lateral support for the toilet seat covers within said box interior to inhibit sagging thereof within said box interior and support the toilet seat covers with the upwardly directed end portions thereof positioned for consecutive manual access and dispensing through said dispensing opening, said support structure including a partition extending between said first and second groups of toilet seat covers alongside and in simultaneous engagement with the rearward-most seat cover of said first group and the forward-most seat cover of said second group, said partition having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end pivotally attached to said bottom at a location between and spaced from said front wall and said back wall and said partition pivotally moveable about said location responsive to dispensing and depletion of the toilet seat covers in said first group from substantially vertical orientation to an upwardly inclined orientation wherein said partition is inclined toward said front wall and said distal end is positioned closer to said front wall than to said rear wall, said partition when in said upwardly inclined orientation providing support for toilet seat covers of said second group to inhibit sagging thereof and maintain the upwardly directed end portions thereof positioned for manual access and dispensing through said dispensing opening upon depletion of the toilet seat covers of said first group.
2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said partition is substantially planar, with said proximal and distal ends thereof extending between said end walls.
3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said partition comprises a flap integral with and at least partially formed from said bottom.
4. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said support structure comprises a plurality of partitions spaced from one another.
5. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said flap is integral with and at least partially formed from said bottom and from said rear wall.
6. The combination according to claim 4 wherein each of said partitions comprises a flap.
7. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said support structure additionally includes at least one support element projecting outwardly from said partition and engageable with an interior surface of said box to provide support for said partition.
8. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said support element engages the bottom of said box.
9. The combination according to claim 8 wherein said support element is secured to said bottom.
10. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said support element is one of a plurality of support elements engaging opposed end walls of said box.
11. The combination according to claim 8 wherein said support element is a flange projecting laterally from a bottom end of said partition.
12. The combination according to claim 10 wherein said support elements comprise tabs projecting laterally from opposed ends of said partition.
13. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said partition is engageable with said front wall below said dispensing opening to limit the inclination of the partition.