Dispenser With Slot Aperture

Abstract

A dispenser includes a slot aperture disposed in a dispensing wall centered between two end walls, while being disposed a distance away from one of the side walls. The slot aperture has a length about 20% to about 50% of a width of individual sheet products. A second aperture is disposed in one of the side walls, and is sufficiently large to permit the sheet products to be grasped by one or more fingers of a human hand from above the second aperture in order to pass individual sheet products at least partially through the slot aperture.

1 . A dispenser comprising: 
 a housing including a dispensing wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the dispensing wall, two side walls connecting the dispensing wall to the bottom wall, and two end walls connecting the dispensing wall, the bottom wall and the side walls;    a slot aperture being disposed in the dispensing wall centered between the end walls, while being disposed a distance away from one of the side walls, the slot aperture defining at least a sheet product retaining structure including a pair of adjacent side walls sufficiently close to one another to grasp and retain individual sheet products at least partially removed from the housing, the slot aperture having a length about 20% to about 50% of a width of individual sheet products; and    a second aperture being disposed in one of the side walls, and being sufficiently large to permit the sheet products to be grasped by one or more fingers of a human hand from above the second aperture in order to pass individual sheet products at least partially through the slot aperture.    
   
   
       2 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the slot aperture is connected to the second aperture via a channel disposed in the dispensing wall, the channel being defined by a pair of adjacent side walls.  
   
   
       3 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the slot aperture is parallel to the side walls.  
   
   
       4 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the second aperture extends along one of the side walls in a direction away from the dispensing wall toward the bottom wall, the length that the second aperture extends along the side wall is less than or equal to half a height of the side wall.  
   
   
       5 . The dispenser of  claim 4 , wherein the distance is less than or equal to a quarter of the height of the side wall.  
   
   
       6 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the second aperture has a transition portion defined by protrusions, which narrow the size of the second aperture in an area adjacent to the dispensing wall.  
   
   
       7 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the slot aperture is generally parallel with an edge of the dispensing wall.  
   
   
       8 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the slot aperture and second aperture are connected.  
   
   
       9 . A dispenser comprising: 
 a housing including a plurality of walls, wherein adjacent walls of the plurality of walls are perpendicular to form a box-like structure;    a slot aperture being disposed in a first wall of the plurality of walls, the slot aperture defining at least a sheet product retaining structure including a pair of adjacent side walls sufficiently close to one another to grasp and retain individual sheet products at least partially removed from the housing;    a second aperture being disposed in a second wall of the plurality of walls and being sufficiently large to permit the sheet products to be grasped by one or more fingers of a human hand from above the second aperture in order to pass individual sheet products at least partially through the slot aperture, wherein the second aperture is generally perpendicular to the slot aperture; and    a channel being disposed in the first wall and connecting the slot aperture to the second aperture, the channel being defined by a pair of adjacent parallel side walls.    
   
   
       10 . The dispenser of  claim 9 , wherein the slot aperture has a length about 20% to about 50% of a width of individual sheet products.  
   
   
       11 . The dispenser of  claim 9 , wherein the second aperture extends along one of the second wall in a direction away from the first wall, the length that the second aperture extends along the second wall is less than or equal to half a height of the second wall.  
   
   
       12 . The dispenser of  claim 11 , wherein the distance is less than or equal to a quarter of the height of the side wall.  
   
   
       13 . The dispenser of  claim 9 , wherein the second aperture has a transition portion defined by protrusions, which narrow the size of the second aperture in an area adjacent to the first wall.  
   
   
       14 . A dispenser comprising: 
 a housing including a dispensing wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the dispensing wall, two side walls connecting the dispensing wall to the bottom wall, and two end walls connecting the dispensing wall, the bottom wall and the side walls;    a slot aperture being disposed in the dispensing wall off-centered between the end walls, while being disposed a distance away from one of the side walls, the slot aperture defining at least a sheet product retaining structure including a pair of adjacent side walls sufficiently close to one another to grasp and retain individual sheet products at least partially removed from the housing; and    a second aperture being disposed in one of the side walls, and being sufficiently large to permit the sheet products to be grasped by one or more fingers of a human hand from above the second aperture in order to pass individual sheet products at least partially through the slot aperture.    
   
   
       15 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the slot aperture is angled relative to the side wall.  
   
   
       16 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the slot aperture has a length about 20% to about 50% of a width of individual sheet products.  
   
   
       17 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the second aperture extends along one of the second wall in a direction away from the first wall, the length that the second aperture extends along the second wall is less than or equal to half a height of the second wall.  
   
   
       18 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the distance is less than or equal to a quarter of the height of the side wall.  
   
   
       19 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the second aperture has a transition portion defined by protrusions, which narrow the size of the second aperture in an area adjacent to the first wall.