Dispenser for dispensing sheet products and method of manufacturing the dispenser

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing sheet products includes a plurality of walls connected to each other, defining an interior volume, and a stack of sheet products received in the interior volume. A removable panel is provided at a top wall of the plurality of walls. The dispenser is configured so that, upon removal of the removable panel, an opening in the top wall for removing sheet products is revealed. The removable panel extends to a side wall of the plurality of walls so that a portion of the removable panel is present at the side wall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 30 . (canceled) 
     
     
         31 . A dispenser for dispensing sheet products, the dispenser comprising:
 a plurality of walls connected to each other, defining an interior volume; and   a stack of sheet products received in the interior volume; wherein   a removable panel is provided at a top wall of the plurality of walls,   the dispenser is configured so that, upon removal of the removable panel, an opening in the top wall for removing sheet products is revealed, and   the removable panel extends to a side wall of the plurality of walls so that a portion of the removable panel is present at the side wall.   
     
     
         32 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the removable panel is removably attached to at least a portion of the top wall. 
     
     
         33 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein perforations are provided in the top wall, the perforations defining a part of the removable panel, and wherein the removable panel is removably attached to a portion of the top wall through perforation bridges arranged between the perforations. 
     
     
         34 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein perforations are provided in the side wall to which the removable panel extends, the perforations defining the portion of the removable panel present at the side wall, and wherein the portion of the removable panel is removably attached to a portion of the side wall through perforation bridges arranged between the perforations. 
     
     
         35 . The dispenser of  claim 34 , wherein perforations are provided in the top wall, the perforations in the top wall defining a part of the removable panel, wherein the removable panel is removably attached to a portion of the top wall through perforation bridges arranged between the perforations, and wherein a spacing between adjacent perforation bridges at the side wall is larger than a spacing between adjacent perforation bridges at the top wall. 
     
     
         36 . The dispenser of  claim 34 , wherein a perforation is provided in the side wall at a lowermost part of the portion of the removable panel in a direction from the top wall towards a bottom wall of the plurality of walls. 
     
     
         37 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the portion of the removable panel present at the side wall is a pull tab, and wherein the pull tab is removably attached to the side wall or detached from the side wall. 
     
     
         38 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the removable panel extends along the top wall over at least 90% of a length of the top wall in a direction from the side wall to which the removable panel extends towards another side wall of the plurality of walls which is arranged opposite the side wall to which the removable panel extends. 
     
     
         39 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the removable panel does not extend to a side wall of the plurality of walls which is arranged opposite the side wall to which the removable panel extends. 
     
     
         40 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the portion of the removable panel present at the side wall extends along the side wall over between 10% and 50% of a height of the side wall in a direction from the top wall towards a bottom wall of the plurality of walls. 
     
     
         41 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the plurality of walls is made of a pliable material. 
     
     
         42 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the plurality of walls is made of a sheet material, and only a single layer of the sheet material is present in a region of the side wall where the portion of the removable panel is present. 
     
     
         43 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein a part of the removable panel provided at the top wall has a straight shape or a shape with curved or undulating edges. 
     
     
         44 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the plurality of walls substantially has a rectangular prism shape, and the side wall to which the removable panel extends is arranged at a short side of the rectangular prism shape. 
     
     
         45 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 a sleeve arranged so as to at least partially surround the top wall, two opposing end walls of the plurality of walls and a bottom wall of the plurality of walls.   
     
     
         46 . The dispenser of  claim 45 , wherein the sleeve is slidable relative to the plurality of walls in a direction from the side wall to which the removable panel extends towards another side wall of the plurality of walls which is arranged opposite the side wall to which the removable panel extends. 
     
     
         47 . The dispenser of  claim 45 , wherein the sleeve is made of a first material, the plurality of walls is made of a second material, and the second material is more flexible than the first material. 
     
     
         48 . The dispenser of  claim 45 , wherein the sleeve has a see-through window arranged at the top wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the top wall includes a see-through window, and wherein the see-through window of the sleeve is arranged at least substantially over the see-through window of the top wall. 
     
     
         49 . The dispenser of  claim 31 , wherein the stack of sheet products is received in the interior volume in a compressed state, and wherein the stack of sheet products is compressed in a direction from the top wall towards a bottom wall of the plurality of walls. 
     
     
         50 . A method of manufacturing a dispenser, the method comprising:
 providing a wall material;   providing the wall material with a removable panel;   cutting the wall material which has been provided with the removable panel; and   after cutting, folding the wall material around a stack of sheet products so that the plurality of walls is formed by the wall material and the stack of sheet products is received in an interior volume defined by the plurality of walls,   wherein the removable panel is located in a top wall of the plurality of walls and extends to a side wall of the plurality of walls following folding the cut wall material, and wherein upon removal of the removable panel, an opening in the top wall is revealed for removing sheet products in the stack of sheet products from the interior volume.