Dispenser arrangement for interfolded napkins

Abstract

A dispenser arrangement for interfolded napkins, the dispenser including a container having a bottom wall and side walls surrounding the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall in a direction generally perpendicular thereto and defining a dispensing opening opposite the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a supporting surface for supporting a rectangular stack of interfolded napkins. At least one weight is placed in the container, the weight having a projected surface on the bottom wall which is less than or equal to one third of the stack supporting surface.

1 . A dispenser arrangement for interfolded napkins comprising a container comprising
 a bottom wall comprising a supporting surface for supporting a rectangular stack of interfolded napkins,   side walls surrounding the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall in a direction generally perpendicular thereto and defining a dispensing opening opposite the bottom wall, and   at least one weight placed in the container and being free from attachments to the container, the weight having a projected surface on the bottom wall which is less than or equal to one third of the stack supporting surface.   
     
     
         2 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one weight has an at least partially curved surface. 
     
     
         3 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one weight has a spherical shape. 
     
     
         4 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one weight has an effective cross-section of at least 30 millimeters. 
     
     
         5 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 4 , wherein the at least one weight has an effective cross-section of from 30 millimeters to 100 millimeters. 
     
     
         6 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one weight has an effective cross-section of from 40 millimeters to 70 millimeters. 
     
     
         7 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one weight has a weight of from 20 to 600 grams. 
     
     
         8 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein more than one weight is placed in the container. 
     
     
         9 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 8 , wherein all weights in the container have the same effective cross-section. 
     
     
         10 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 8 , wherein at least two weights in the container have different effective cross-section. 
     
     
         11 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 8 , wherein all weights in the container have the same shape. 
     
     
         12 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 8 , wherein at least two weights in the container have different shapes. 
     
     
         13 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 8 , wherein the total projected surface of the weights is at least 20% of the stack supporting surface. 
     
     
         14 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the weights are arranged in at least two rows of weights, each row comprising at least one weight. 
     
     
         15 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the weights are made from one or more materials selected from wood, glass, ceramics, natural and synthetic polymers, stone and metal. 
     
     
         16 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the surface of the weights comprises a sound-reducing material. 
     
     
         17 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the container side walls comprise a sound reducing material. 
     
     
         18 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one weight is a natural item. 
     
     
         19 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the container contains a stack of interfolded napkins that is placed on the supporting surface on the bottom wall with a bottom napkin resting with a trailing panel on the bottom surface and a leading panel of a top napkin exposed at the dispensing opening, and wherein the at least one weight is placed on the top napkin with the leading panel of the top napkin being lifted to a position above a lower panel of the napkin and forming a gripping part of the top napkin. 
     
     
         20 . The dispenser arrangement according to  claim 19 , wherein the leading panel of the top napkin is positioned between at least two weights which are placed in the container with at least one weight on a lower panel of the top napkin and at least one weight on the leading panel of the top napkin with an edge portion of the leading panel protruding into the dispensing opening between the at least two weights.