Nesting tissue carton

Abstract

A dispenser for substrates or sheet-materials is described. The dispenser houses a plurality of sheets formed from a sheet-material. The dispenser includes a plurality of panels and a dispensing opening located in at least one of the plurality of panels. At least one of the plurality of panels forming the dispenser being curvilinear or stepped such that at least two of the dispensers will nest together to form a substantially parallelepiped shape.

1 . A product comprising: 
 a dispenser housing a plurality of sheets formed from a sheet-material;    the dispenser comprising a plurality of panels and a dispensing opening located in at least one of the plurality of panels; and    at least one of the plurality of panels being curvilinear or stepped such that at least two of the dispensers will nest together to form a substantially parallelepiped shape.    
   
   
       2 . The product of  claim 1  wherein the dispenser comprises a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, a left side panel and a right side panel.  
   
   
       3 . The product of  claim 2  wherein the top panel is curvilinear and comprises a portion of a sine wave, and the dispensing opening is located in the top panel.  
   
   
       4 . The product of  claim 3  wherein the overall shape of the dispenser when viewed from the front resembles a whale and the dispensing opening is located near the apex of the curvilinear top panel.  
   
   
       5 . The product of  claim 2  wherein at least two of the dispenser's six panels are curvilinear.  
   
   
       6 . The product of  claim 5  wherein the top panel and bottom panel are curvilinear.  
   
   
       7 . The product of  claim 5  wherein the front panel and back panel are curvilinear.  
   
   
       8 . The product of  claim 2  wherein at least three of the dispenser's six panels are curvilinear.  
   
   
       9 . The product of  claim 8  wherein the top panel, the left side panel, and the right side panel are curvilinear.  
   
   
       10 . The product of  claim 2  wherein at least 4 of the dispenser's six panels are curvilinear.  
   
   
       11 . The product of  claim 10  wherein the front panel, the back panel, the left side panel, and the right side panel are curvilinear.  
   
   
       12 . The product of  claim 2  wherein at least 5 of the dispenser's six panels are curvilinear.  
   
   
       13 . The product of  claim 12  wherein the front panel, the back panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the top panel are curvilinear and the bottom panel is substantially flat.  
   
   
       14 . The product of  claim 1  wherein the sheet-material comprises tissue paper and the dispenser is formed from carton stock.  
   
   
       15 . The product of  claim 1  wherein the dispenser comprises a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, a left side panel and a right side panel and the top panel is stepped.  
   
   
       16 . The product of  claim 1  wherein two or more dispensers are assembled into a multi-pack bundle having a substantially parallelepiped shape, and the multi-pack bundle is shrink wrapped, banded, or adhesively held together.  
   
   
       17 . The product of  claim 16  wherein the multi-pack bundle comprises two individual dispensers.  
   
   
       18 . The product of  claim 4  wherein at least the front panel of the dispenser is printed to resemble a whale.  
   
   
       19 . The product of  claim 14  wherein the plurality of sheets are formed into a stack.  
   
   
       20 . The product of  claim 19  wherein the stack is bell-shaped or arched.