Container for a stack of interfolded tissue sheets

Abstract

A container for a collection of interfolded tissue-sheets has a generally planar top wall, a bottom wall, side walls connecting the bottom wall with the top wall and an opening provided in at least the top wall for the removal of tissue-sheets from the container. The tissue-sheets are placed in the container with a lowermost tissue-sheet placed on the bottom wall and an uppermost tissue-sheet placed near or in contact with the top wall and adjacent to the opening in the top wall, which opening is provided with elongated projections extending from at least one edge of the opening. The projections are part of at least two sheets of material attached to the outer side of the top wall, and at least one projection of a first sheet is arranged to overlap at least one projection of an adjacent sheet in their inactive positions.

1 . A container for a collection of interfolded tissue-sheets has a generally planar top wall, a bottom wall, side walls connecting said bottom wall with said top wall, and an opening provided in at least said top wall for the removal of said tissue-sheets from the container, said collection of interfolded tissue-sheets being placed in said container with at least a pair of edges of a lowermost tissue-sheet placed on said bottom wall and an uppermost tissue-sheet placed near or in contact with the top wall and adjacent to the opening in the top wall, said opening being provided with elongated projections extending from at least one edge of the opening, wherein the projections are part of at least two sheets of material attached to the outer side of the top wall, and at least one projection of a first sheet is arranged to overlap at least one projection of an adjacent sheet in their inactive positions.  
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein each sheet of material is substantially identical.  
     
     
         3 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein a pair of opposing sheets is substantially identical and reversed.  
     
     
         4 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening has a geometrical shape in the form of a substantially equilateral polygon.  
     
     
         5 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the polygon is made up of three or more sides.  
     
     
         6 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein each projection comprises a separate sheet of material.  
     
     
         7 . The container according to  claim 6 , wherein the number of projections correspond to the number of sides of the opening.  
     
     
         8 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening is circular.  
     
     
         9 . The container according to  claim 8 , wherein the opening is provided with two or more sheets of material.  
     
     
         10 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein each sheet is provided with two or more projections.  
     
     
         11 . The container according to  claim 8 , wherein each projection comprises a separate sheet of material.  
     
     
         12 . The container according to  claim 11 , wherein the opening is provided with three or more projections.  
     
     
         13 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening has two opposing sides extending substantially in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the top wall.  
     
     
         14 . The container according to  claim 13 , wherein each sheet is provided with two or more projections.  
     
     
         15 . The container according to  claim 14 , wherein each sheet has a first pair of projections positioned angled away from each other, relative to a plane through the centre of and at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the opening.  
     
     
         16 . The container according to  claim 15 , wherein each sheet has a central projection positioned between said first pair of projections and at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the opening.  
     
     
         17 . The container according to  claim 16 , wherein each sheet has at least one further pair of opposing and overlapping projections arranged on either side of said first pair of projections.