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Wall dispenser for rolled toilet paper and moistened wipesRelated Patent Categories: Article Dispensing, Supply Container Movably Mounted For Dispensing, Vertical Motion To Separate ArticlesWall dispenser for rolled toilet paper and moistened wipes description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070181594, Wall dispenser for rolled toilet paper and moistened wipes. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No 60/739,560, filed on Nov. 23, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all that is taught and disclosed therein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] This invention relates to a wall mounted system for dispensing wet or premoistened products, tissue and other like hand held sanitary wipe products as well as dry paper from a conventional roll of toilet paper from the same wall mounted dispenser system. [0004] 2. Description of Prior Art Inventions [0005] Wet products such as wet wipes have many applications. They may be used with small children and infants when changing diapers, they may be used for household cleaning tasks, they may be used for cleaning hands, they may be used as a bath tissue, they may be used by a caregiver to clean a disabled or incontinent adult, or they may be used in and for a whole host of other applications, where it is advantageous to have a wipe or towel that has some moisture in it. [0006] Wet wipes have been traditionally dispensed in sheet form from a tub like container with a hinged lid on the top. The lid is opened and individual or singularized sheets of the wipes are removed. [0007] Another type of container that has been used for wet wipes provides a roll of wipes in which the wipes are pulled from the top of the container in a direction that is parallel to the axis of the roll. These wipes are pulled from the center of a hollow coreless roll that has perforated sheets. These containers generally have a snap top lid that is opened to expose a piece of the wipes that can then be pulled to remove the desired amount of wipes. Once pulled out the wipes can then be torn off, usually at a perforation, and the lid closed. [0008] Wet wipes can be any wipe, towel tissue or sheet like product including natural fibers, synthetic fibers, synthetic material and combinations thereof, that is wet or moist or becomes wet during use or prior to use. [0009] Wall mounted dispensers for mounting rolls of paper for use in the bathroom during an elimination activity are known and take many forms. Typically, the roll is mounted in the dispenser and the user removes one or more sheets, as needed. [0010] During an elimination activity, the hand is used to perform a cleaning function and needs cleansing, prior to a more thorough cleaning by soap and water. A dispenser that only dispenses paper from a roll of paper is oftentimes inadequate. [0011] Dispenser systems that position and make disposable sheets of wet wipes, tissues and like products and/or sheets of toilet paper from a roll available to a user are illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,409,340 (Clark), U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,837,595, 4,004,687, and 4,106,616 (Boone), U.S. Pat. No. 5,311,986 (Putz), U.S. Pat. No. 5,618,008 (Dearwester et al.), and U.S. Pat. No. 6,929,148 (Haddad et al.). [0012] Haddad et al. and Boone (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,004,687 and 4,106,616) show arrangements wherein the spindle of a wall mounted toilet paper holder receives a roll of toilet paper and a dual arm caddy for carrying wet wipes is hung from the spindle. In Haddad et al. the caddy includes a pair of arms that hang a box-like container for carrying and making available a supply of wet wipes and the user opens a lid of the container to gain access to the wet wipes. However, the lid opens upwardly and towards the dispensing end of the roll. As such, the arms of the caddy must not only be sufficiently long to ensure that the lid does not interfere with toilet paper use but the length of the spindle must be sufficiently long to accommodate not only the roll of toilet paper but provide additional space for the caddy arms. In use, when a new roll of toilet paper is needed, the caddy be removed first. The wet wipes are merely stored and available upon opening of the lid. [0013] Boone U.S. Pat. No. 4,106,616 discloses cylindrical and box-like containers, each with a removable cover, that releasably carry a supply of prewetted sheets that are individually withdrawable through a slitted aperture. In Boone U.S. Pat. No. 4,004,687, a cylindrical container includes a slitted aperture for withdrawing prewetted sheets but the slitted aperture is not covered by a lid. [0014] However, in some applications, mounting a separate caddy structure to the spindle of a toilet paper roll holder is unattractive and inconvenient to use. By hanging a supply of wet wipes from the wall structure configured to hold a conventional roll of toilet paper requires that the spindle and associated wall structure has to be made wider to accommodate two hanging arms. The "wet wipe appendage" is somewhat unattractive because the arms must be long enough to position the container and lid thereof sufficiently below the roll of toilet paper to enable the container lid to open. The wet wipe container is inconvenient in use because to replace a paper roll from the spindle, the wet wipe container must be removed first. The rectangular and cylindrical shaped wet wipe containers have no provision for constantly urging the depleting supply of wet wipes upwardly and a new wipe towards a discharge opening of the caddy or wipe holding containers. [0015] Boone U.S. Pat. No. 3,837,595 discloses an arrangement wherein sheets are withdrawn through the top slit of any of three cylindrical lid-coverable containers mounted to a second spindle of the wall mount. [0016] Putz and Dearwester et al. disclose apparatus, including a wall mounted holder for holding and dispensing tissue from a single roll, and a cigar-box shaped container mounted atop of the holder. Putz teaches that the container is for holding and dispensing pre-moistened tissue. Dearwester teaches that the container is for dispensing multiple products but does not disclose the use of wet wipes. [0017] Clark discloses a closure lid with openings for dispensing napkins and roll paper and mounting a box of napkins in juxtaposition with the napkin opening, the lid being rotatable towards a roll of toilet paper mounted on the spindle of a wall mounted bracket. [0018] There is a need for a dispenser that is simple in construction, and operation, and conveniently supplies both wet wipes and conventional toilet paper from a common dispenser. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0019] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a dispensing system for dispensing sanitary paper products, including wet wipes and dry paper from a roll, the dispensing system comprising: [0020] a generally planar mounting plate for attachment to a support structure disposed vertically, said mounting plate including upper and lower end portions, [0021] first means for mounting a roll of toilet paper to the lower end portion of said mounting plate, [0022] a wet wipes dispenser, and [0023] second means for mounting said wet wipes dispenser in operable relation to the upper end portion of said mounting plate and above said roll of toilet paper, [0024] said wet wipes dispenser including a chamber for storing a stack of separate, generally flat separably removable wet wipes, a removable upper end wall having an opening for dispensing wet wipes from the chamber, removal of the upper end wall permitting the chamber to be accessed and refilled with wet wipes, means for urging the stack of wet wipes towards the upper end wall of said wet wipes dispenser and the next wipe of the stack of wet wipes into registry with the opening thereof and for withdrawal from the chamber, and a closure member movable between first and second positions, respectively, for covering and exposing said dispenser opening. [0025] According to this embodiment, the closure member forms a disengageable connection with said upper end wall, and a torsion spring operates to bias the closure member into the closed position. [0026] Further, said wet wipes dispenser is formed by a lower end wall spaced from said upper end wall, and sidewall structure extending between said upper and lower end walls, said end walls and said sidewall structure forming said chamber, and said means for urging the stack of wet wipes comprises [0027] a support tray having upper and lower faces, said tray disposed in said chamber for movement between said upper and lower end walls, and said upper face being dimensioned to support the stack of wet wipes, and [0028] a spring structure operating between the support tray and said lower end wall to urge the support tray upwardly and towards said opening. Continue reading about Wall dispenser for rolled toilet paper and moistened wipes... 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