Apparatus for dispensing and disposing of tissues

Abstract

An apparatus for dispensing and disposing of tissues having a container divided by a partition wall into two separate chambers, a dispensing chamber and a disposing chamber, wherein the dispensing chamber comprises three elastic structural elements, one associated with dispensing chamber's floor, another with a dispensing chamber's side wall and another with a dispensing chamber's adjacent side wall, such that the dispensing chamber can receive and hold tight tissue boxes or tissue stacks of various sizes, dispense tissues therefrom trough a dispensing opening, and wherein the disposing chamber can receive used tissues through a disposing opening.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for dispensing and disposing of tissues comprising a container having a front, a back, a left, a right and a bottom wall and being divided by a partition wall into two separate chambers, a dispensing chamber and a disposing chamber, a first door being associated with a first upper portion of the container and having a dispensing opening, the first door being configured to selectively close the dispensing chamber, a second door being associated with a second upper portion of the container and having a disposing opening, the second door being configured to selectively close the disposing chamber, wherein the dispensing chamber comprises three elastic structural elements, one associated with dispensing chamber's floor, another with a dispensing chamber's side wall and another with a dispensing chamber's adjacent side wall, such that the dispensing chamber can receive and hold tight tissue boxes or tissue stacks of various sizes, dispense tissues therefrom trough the dispensing opening, and wherein the disposing chamber can receive used tissues through the disposing opening. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the elastic structural element associated with the floor of the dispensing chamber has a height which is substantially equal with dispensing chamber's height. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the three elastic structural elements comprise four arms arranged in a square formation having four corners, the four arms being pivotally joined at each of the four corners of the formation, and a spring mounted between two opposite arms. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein each of the three elastic structural elements comprises a support plate mounted at one of the four corners. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the three elastic structural elements comprises an elastic band shaped as an arch. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the three elastic structural elements comprises an elastic ball. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the three elastic structural elements comprises an elastic member shaped as an eggshell. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the dispensing and disposing openings comprise flaps for preventing contaminants from entering the dispensing chamber or spreading out of the disposing chamber. 
     
     
         9 . A method for dispensing and disposing of tissues comprising: providing a container divided by a partition wall into two separate chambers, a dispensing chamber and a disposing chamber, wherein the dispensing chamber comprises three elastic structural elements, one associated with dispensing chamber's floor, another with a dispensing chamber's side wall and another with a dispensing chamber's adjacent side wall, such that the dispensing chamber can receive and hold tight tissue boxes or tissue stacks of various sizes, dispense tissues therefrom trough a dispensing opening, and wherein the disposing chamber can receive used tissues through a disposing opening.