IP Library Granted Patent US 10,213,067
Granted Patent B2
US 10,213,067 · App. 14/978,003 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Dispenser

Inventors: Derek Roberts (Chicago, IL); Michael Turturro (Arlington Heights, IL); Matthew Kruse (Arlington Heights, IL)
Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
A47K10/185A47K2010/3233A47K2010/3266
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Patent No.
US 10,213,067
App. No.
14/978,003
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispenser includes a dispenser body having an interior cavity, and an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity. The dispenser also includes a loading door and a lid. The lid engages a dispenser surface when in the closed position to thereby create a substantially gas impermeable seal. The dispenser further includes a mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture. The mounting surface includes a mounting interface that permits substantially gas impermeable mounting of a cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the aperture.

Claims (43)

1. A dispenser comprising:

a dispenser body having an interior cavity, the dispenser body further comprising a dispensing surface having an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity;

a loading door attached to the dispenser body and permitting communication with the interior cavity;

a lid attached to the dispenser body, the lid being moveable between a closed position and a range of open positions, the lid permitting access to the aperture of the dispensing surface when in an open position and engaging the dispenser surface when in the closed position to thereby create a substantially gas impermeable seal; and

a mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture of the dispensing surface, the mounting surface comprising a mounting interface, the mounting interface permitting substantially gas impermeable mounting of a cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the aperture of the dispensing surface.

2. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the mounting interface comprises a first interference fit region.

3. The dispenser of claim 2 , wherein the first interference fit region comprises a groove having a first groove height at a first groove region and a second groove height at a second groove region, the second groove height narrower than the first groove height.

4. The dispenser of claim 2 , wherein the mounting interface comprises a second interference fit region.

5. The dispenser of claim 4 , wherein the second interference fit region comprises a groove having a first groove height at a first groove region and a second groove height at a second groove region, the second groove height narrower than the first groove height.

6. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the dispenser body and the lid comprises a magnet.

7. The dispenser of claim 6 , wherein the dispenser body comprises a first magnet and the lid comprises a second magnet, the second magnet disposed opposite the first magnet when the lid is in the closed position.

8. The dispenser of claim 1 , further comprising a separation surface.

9. The dispenser of claim 8 , wherein the separation surface comprises a plurality of protrusions extending into the aperture.

10. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser surface comprises a gasket.

11. The dispenser of claim 10 , wherein lid engages the gasket when in the closed position to create a substantially gas impermeable seal between the lid and the gasket.

12. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the dispenser body comprises a substantially flat exterior surface.

13. The dispenser of claim 12 , wherein the substantially flat exterior surface further comprises a wall mount interface to permit mounting the dispenser to a wall.

14. A dispenser system comprising:

a cartridge, the cartridge comprising:

a cartridge body having an interior cartridge cavity;

a cartridge mounting interface disposed on an exterior of the cartridge body; and

a plurality of sheet portions disposed within the interior cartridge cavity;

a dispenser, the dispenser comprising:

a dispenser body having an interior cavity, the dispenser body further comprising a dispensing surface having an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity;

a loading door attached to the dispenser body and permitting communication with the interior cavity;

a lid attached to the dispenser body, the lid being moveable between a closed position and a range of open positions, the lid permitting access to the aperture of the dispensing surface when in an open position and engaging the dispenser surface when in the closed position to thereby create a substantially gas impermeable seal; and

a dispenser mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture of the dispensing surface, the dispenser mounting surface comprising a dispenser mounting interface, the dispenser mounting interface permitting substantially gas impermeable mounting of the cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the aperture of the dispensing surface.

15. The dispenser system of claim 14 , wherein the cartridge mounting interface and the dispenser mounting interface engage to create a substantially gas impermeable seal.

16. The dispenser system of claim 14 , wherein the dispenser mounting interface comprises a dispenser interference fit region configured to engage the cartridge mounting interface.

17. The dispenser system of claim 16 , wherein the cartridge mounting interface comprises a cartridge interference fit region configured to engage the dispenser mounting interface.

18. The dispenser system of claim 17 , wherein the cartridge interference fit region comprises a cartridge guide configured to engage a groove of the dispenser interference fit region.

19. A dispenser comprising:

a dispenser body having an interior cavity, the dispenser body further comprising a dispensing surface having an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity;

a loading door permitting communication with the interior cavity;

a lid, said lid being movable between a closed position and a range of open positions, the lid permitting access to the interior cavity when in an open position and creating a substantially gas impermeable seal when in the closed position and covering a dispensing aperture; and

a mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture of the dispensing surface, the mounting surface comprising a mounting interface, the mounting interface permitting substantially gas impermeable mounting of a cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the dispensing aperture,

the mounting surface comprising a first interference fit region, wherein the first interface region comprises a groove having a first groove height and a first groove region and a second groove height and a second groove region, the second groove height narrower than the first groove height.

20. A dispenser comprising:

a dispenser body having an interior cavity, the dispenser body further comprising a dispensing surface having an aperture that communicates with the interior cavity;

a loading door permitting communication with the interior cavity;

a lid, said lid being movable between a closed position and a range of open positions, the lid permitting access to the interior cavity when in an open position and creating a substantially gas impermeable seal when in the closed position and covering a dispensing aperture; and

a mounting surface disposed within the interior cavity and proximal the aperture of the dispensing surface, the mounting surface comprising a mounting interface, the mounting interface permitting substantially gas impermeable mounting of a cartridge while permitting access to the cartridge from the exterior of the dispensing body through the dispensing aperture,

the dispenser further comprising a separation surface, the separation surface comprising a plurality of protrusions extending into the aperture.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057927/0091 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058040/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 058554/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2015
From: ROBERTS, DEREK; TURTURRO, MICHAEL; KRUSE, MATTHEW
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 037349/0764 →
Continuity (1)
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