IP Library Granted Patent US 6,851,572
Granted Patent B2
US 6,851,572 · App. 10/440,801 · Granted Feb 8, 2005

Dispenser box

Assignee: Menasha Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,851,572
App. No.
10/440,801
Granted
Feb 8, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A box contains a spring or other biasing member and a stack of individual, non-interleaved flexible sheets, such as coupons, booklets or other promotional items. The spring is disposed between the stack of sheets and a bottom wall to push the stack of sheets toward an opening in a top wall of the dispenser. The spring imparts a bend in the stack so that the folded end of the sheet adjacent the opening is spaced from the stack and extends through the opening to allow for individual sheets to be dispensed one at a time.

Claims (9)

1. A dispenser box having walls defining a cavity opening at one side and containing a stack of individual non-interleaved flexible sheets that are independent from one another and are each folded at a specific length, wherein a biasing structure is positioned within the cavity between the stack of sheets and at least one of the walls to impart a bend in the stack of sheets and bias the stack of sheets toward the cavity opening such that an end of a first sheet of the stack of sheets is positioned at the cavity opening spaced from the stack of sheets.

2. The dispenser box of claim 1 , wherein the end of the first sheet extends through the cavity opening.

3. The dispenser box of claim 1 , wherein the biasing structure includes an arcuate surface.

4. The dispenser box of claim 3 , wherein the biasing structure is a plastic sheet formed into an arc shape.

5. The dispenser box of claim 4 , wherein said sheet is rectangular when flat.

6. The dispenser box of claim 1 , wherein the walls include a top wall, a bottom wall spaced from the top wall, two spaced apart end walls extending between corresponding end edges of the top and bottom walls and two side walls extending between corresponding side edges of the top and bottom walls.

7. The dispenser box of claim 6 , wherein the top wall defines the cavity opening.

8. The dispenser box of claim 7 , wherein the top and bottom walls are parallel, the end walls are parallel and the side walls are parallel and the end walls are perpendicular to the side walls and the top and bottom walls.

9. The dispenser box of claim 1 , wherein the biasing structure contacts a last sheet in the stack of sheets.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2013
From: LEVERAGEPOINT MEDIA CORP
To: LPM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030378/0534 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2013
From: MENASHA CORPORATION
To: LEVERAGEPOINT MEDIA CORP
Reel/Frame 029899/0274 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 1009813900 · Mar 13, 2002
Continuation 0963888200 · Aug 15, 2000
Continuation In Part 0913044500 · Aug 6, 1998
Continuation In Part 0899984600 · Oct 9, 1997
Related Publication 20030192901A1 · Oct 16, 2003