Tissue dispensing devices

Claim 1

A TISSUE DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING A BOX-LIKE CONTAINER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A STACK OF TISSUES, SAID CONTAINER HAVING OPPOSED SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS, BEING OPEN AT THE TOP, A COVER LOOSELY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER FOR FREE VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREIN, SAID COVER EXTENDING INTO RELATIVELY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID SIDE AND END WALLS AND BEING ADAPTED TO REST ON THE STACK OF TISSUES IN SAID CONTAINER AND MOVE DOWNWARDLY AS THE STACK IS DEPLETED, A SMALL DISPENSING APERTURE IN SAID COVER THROUGH WHICH THE TISSUES MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONE AT A TIME, A NARROW LEDGE EXTENDING IN NORMAL POSITION ACROSS THE OPEN TOP OF THE CONTAINER, ADJACENT EACH END WALL AND EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREFROM TO ENGAGE AND PREVENT WITHDRAWAL OF THE COVER FROM THE CONTAINER AS A TISSUE IS BEING DRAWN THROUGH SAID SMALL DISPENSING APERTURE, EACH OF SAID LEDGES EXTENDING OVER THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND TERMINATING IN DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING TABS PIVOTED TO SAID SIDE WALLS SO THAT SAID LEDGES MAY BE SWUNG OUTWARDLY OVER SAID END WALLS TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF SAID COVER AND REFILLING OF SAID CONTAINER WITH TISSUES.