CA2122711A1 - Holder for flat articles - Google Patents

Holder for flat articles

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CA2122711A1
CA2122711A1 CA 2122711 CA2122711A CA2122711A1 CA 2122711 A1 CA2122711 A1 CA 2122711A1 CA 2122711 CA2122711 CA 2122711 CA 2122711 A CA2122711 A CA 2122711A CA 2122711 A1 CA2122711 A1 CA 2122711A1
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blank
holder
free
flat
slots
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CA 2122711
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French (fr)
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Christopher Voglis
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00Table-ware
    • A47G21/16Table-cloth or napkin holders

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  • Table Equipment (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Sheet Holders (AREA)

Abstract

A flat article holder has in various embodiments a flat base or stand and integral sidewalls or a wall which has or have a number of spaced apart separator strips (16, 17) forming slots (18, 19) for holding and dispensing of flat articles, such as single disposable paper serviettes. A rectangular embodiment of the holder has a flat base (10) with a continuous or uninterrupted surface and flat sidewalls (11, 12) and a flat top (13), the walls and top having a number of common separator strips (16, 17) forming slots (18, 19). A semi-rectangular embodiment has a base (110), two sidewalls (111, 112) and a curved top (113) the walls and top have common slots (120, 121). Another embodiment has a semi-circular wall (311) with slots (320, 321). These embodiments may be made and sold as flat blanks of card paper with a tab (322) on one end and a tab-receiving slit (323) adjacent the edge (314) of the other end and may have two tranverse fold lines (325, 326). In the case of the semi-triangular embodiment there is a third transverse, median fold line (327).

Description

WO93~0X7~1 PCT/~U92/005~

TIThE: Holder for Flat Articles . _ .. . . .. . .

F~ELD OF THE INVENTION: This in~ention relates to a holder for flat articles, in particular to a holder for storage and dispensatinn of ~lat articles 8uch as folded paper napkin~ or serviettes. The inv~ntio~ further relates to blanks from which such holders for flat articles are made.

~ACRGRO~ND OF THE I~VEYTIO~: ~umerous type~ o~ di~pensers for flat articles are known ranging from ~imple rectangular bo~es designed to lie flat on a table for use in storage and dispensation of such things as serviette~ to ~he type which are designed to st~nd upri~ht on shop countars again for s~orag~ and dispensation of ~erviettes.

Ne~ertheless there is need for a holder which is simple, attracti~e and cheap. Thers is a further~ne~d for a disp~nser which can be easily stored before U8~ or, pos ibly, dismant1ed ready for ne~t use.

SU~MARY OF TEE I~VENTION: This 1nvention, therefore, provides a ~ree-standing holder for flat articl~s, which compris~s:-. a base portlon or~portio~s; in combination with 2. a wall'portion or portions, wherein the wall portion:i~ proYided with an array of paralle}slots into ~acb of which a flat article may be in~erted for stora~:e, remo~ and d~3pensing wh~n re~uir~d, the entire holder being formable from and, if r~quired dismantleable into, a blank.

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212'~7 11 This inYention further provide~ a blan~ for a free-~tanding holder accordin~ to the inYention, the blank being p~ovided with:
1. grooved or indented means for ~olding the blank into a desired shape; and 2. means for joining one portion of the blank to another to enable the blank to be er~ct~d ~d placed on a surface a~
re~uir~d.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION O~ THE DRAWINB8~
Figure 1 ic a perspecti~e drawing of one e~ample o~ an erected, recta~gular cross-section holder according to ~he invention;

Figure 2 is a similar p~rspectiYe drawing of a modified ample of an erected, 9ub5tantially rect~gular cros$-section hoider according to ~e invent~on Figure 3 is~a similar perspec~i~e drawing of an erectedi : triangular c~ross-section holder ~ccording to the invenC~on;

: ,, ~: Figure 4 i~s a ~imilar perspective drawing of an erect~d,~
: ~emi-cylindrieal cro~-3ection holder ac~ording~ to the in~en~ion Pigure 5 i5 a bl~nk which can be formed into the holder o~
Figure 4; and SU85TITUTE S~EET

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3 2122~11 Figure 6 i a bla~k which can be formed into the holder of Figure 3.
.-DE~ ED DESCRIPTION OF THE INV~TION: The ref~renc:e in the specification and claims to "flat artîcles9' refers in particular to su~h thing~ as folded n~pkins or ser~iettes, an a~plication to which ~he invention is particularly suited. How~er, "flat.
articles" also includes such things as coa~ters and, in an office en~ironment, cards and files.

The reference in the specification and claims to "a wall portion or portions" includ~s~the ca~e where two substantially vertical walls terminate i~ or merge into a top (as ~iewed in use) wall or roof portion.

Suitable examples of the material from which:the bolder accord~ng to the:invention, and also th~ blank according to the in~ention, :
may be made are:~ relati~ely~rigid or st~i~f paper or~paper-like material such as card paper or:cardboard or a:relati~ely thin r plastics material. Other, but less preferred,~ eKamples~are thin metal or even wood, particularly:where the wood: may ha~e bee~
~oa~e~:or Yeneered with a suitable plastics material tu imprQ7e foldabiliky and durability. The selection o~ a sui~able material ..
will depen~ in the:main upon a decision whether to retain or dispose of the:holder accordi~g to the in~entio~ a~ter on~ or se~eral uses.: R~t~tion of such a holder would ~e~d ~o fa~our selecti~n of a~more durable mat~rial. The materia~ us2d may be coloured or not, coated with a material ~uch as gold or gold-SlJlB5mUTE SHEET

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d~coloured foil or not. This ~election will dspend on the aesthetic effect desiredO

Referring to ~he bla~k according ta the in~ention, the bl ~ is t~pically relatively elongated and con~eniently di~ided int~
three portio~s. Thus the c~tral portion may ~o~prise 2 nu~ber of parallel, lo~gitudinal ~lots to accommodage the flat articl~s and two end portions which may be Joined together to form a ba~e portion. The joi~ing ma~be, for e~ample, by conventional tongues and ~rooves or by adhesi~e of a ~elect~d type, whether permanent adhesi~ o~ adhesi~e of the type which may be used to adh~re temporarily for a limited use. The adhesi~e may b~
prote~ted by an adhesi~e strip~ Another method of joining i~ to use staples.

Al~hough the holder:~device of the invention ha~ been described in a specific o~ientation usi~g r~lative spatial terms such as "base", "side walls" and "top wall" it will be appreciat~d that the de~ice could ha~e~ for example, only one cur~ed side wall and could be placed on lts side.: Accordlngly, I do not wish to~ be limited by the specific descriptions~ of spatial configuration.
Furthermore, ~he number of ribs aRd therefore slots could be aried inlsize, width and number from those actually illustrated in the embodiments. ~ :

Referring to the~ drawing5, the de~cription will be direc~ed towards s~orage and di~pensation o~ dispo~able folded sheet~ or , SUBSmUTE SHEFr WO93/08721 PCT/AV92/005~

2 i22711 paper material ~uch as -qerviettes, thi~ description bei~g e~emplaxy only.

There is first of all shown in Fi~ure 1, as a first embo~iment of the invention, a holder for ser~iettes. The holder i5 generally of rectangular configuration in ~ection or end pro~ile and is preferably made as an integral one-piece structure and comprises a flat base 10 which has a continuous or unint~rrupted surface, two flat or planar (~nd "interrupted", in the sense of ha~ing slots) side walls 11 and 12, a~d a flat or planar (and interrupted~ top wall 13. Both ends are open. The bottom portion of each side wall has a continuous or uninterrupt~d surface 14, lS while th~ remaining portion and top wall ar~
interrupted. ~he slots are fo~ed by a plurality of parallal, ~uispaced, separator strips such as those portlons lab~lled 16, 17 on respectiYe side walls and those portions ~abelled 18 and 1~9 on the top wall. Examples o~ slots are those~labelled 20 and 21 respectiv~ly.~ Each slot enables a standard-size disposable s~rviette to be placed therein with a corner projec~ing from the :
top of the holder.~

The hold~r enab~es ~ady dispe~sing of single it~ms. ::
:

! ' I , The embodiment shown in Figure 2 of the drawi~gs is similar ~o:

that of Flgure 1 with a ba~e llO and side walls 11l, 112 and side wall bo~tom portion~ 114, !1~5 re5pectively of the same configurat~ion ~and wikh separator strips in the side walls: such as those labelled 116:and 117.~ The ~eparator strips of:the ~op SUBSmUTE SHEET

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~12 ~ ~ 11 6 wall such as those labelled 118 and 119, collectively form a unifor~ly-curved surface which is interrupted by slot~ or openings 120, 121 between the stripS for storage and dispensing of folded serviettes.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 3 of ~he dr~wings, ~he ba~e 210, side walls Z1~, 212 a~d bottom portio~ 214, 21S of the side walls are of the same co~figuration and structure but the top wall h~s been elimi~ated. In plac~ of the top wall ~trips ~uch as the two labelled 216 and 217 form both side walls. Slots 220 and 2Z1 are formed between the strips and ~he side walls form with the ba~e a triangular integral or one-piece structur~
wherein the walls merge into the ba~e.

:In the embodiment shown in Figur~ 4 of the ~ awings, there is a base 310:but the separate side walls of the pre~ious embodiments are replaced by a single curved or semi-cylindrical wall 311, and the slots 3207 321 have lower:edges 322, 323 cur~ed. In Fi~ure 4 there is also~shown a folded serviette 324.

In the embodiments sh~wn in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, an adheslve method of joining is used instead of tongues and ~rocves.

I
In th e~odiment of a~bla~k shown:in Fi~ure 5 of the drawings, the holder of Figure 4 lS shown~manufactured for sale as a flat card paper blank for as~embly by a purchaser~user. The blank ha~
a tab 324 on one end and a tab-recei~ing slit 325 adjacent the ~: :
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W~ 93/08721 PCI/~ 2/00584 7 ~22711 ed~e of the other end. The blank al~3o ha~ two fold lines :;
designated 325, 326 .

In the blank shown in Figure 6, an additional, tran~erser median fold line 327 is i~c:luded in order to obtain the em~odiment o~
the holder o~ Figure 3.

In the embodiment5 shown i~ Figures 5 and 6, a tongue a~d groo~e m~hod o:E Joirling i5 u~;ed.

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SUB5TIT~JTE 5HEE~T

Claims (8)

The claims defining the invention are as follows:
1. A free-standing holder for flat articles, which comprise:
a. a base portion or portions; in combination with b. a wall portion or portions, wherein the wall portion is provided with an array of parallel slots into each of which a flat article may be inserted for storage, removal and dispensing when required, the entire holder being formable from and, if required, dismantleable into, a blank.
2. A free-standing holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free standing holder has a substantially rectangular cross-section, having a base portion, two side walls and a top wall, the slots being formed in the side walls and top wall.
3. A free standing holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top wall is curved or domed upwards.
4. A free-standing holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free standing holder has a substantially triangular cross-section, having a base portion and two side walls joined along an apex, the slots being formed in the side walls.
5. A free-standing holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free-standing holder has a semi-cylindrical cross-section, having a base portion and a single curved wall joined at opposite ends to the base portion, the slots being formed in the curved wall.
6. A blank for a free-standing holder as claimed in claim 1, the blank being provided with:-a. grooved or indented means for folding the blank into a desired shape; and b. means for joining one portion of the blank to another to enable the blank to be erected and placed on a surface as required.
7. A blank for a free standing holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the means for joining: one portion of the blank to another comprises a tongue means in one portion and a slot means in the second portion.
8. A blank for a free-standing holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the means for joining one portion of the blank to another comprises adhesive means.
CA 2122711 1991-11-01 1992-11-02 Holder for flat articles Abandoned CA2122711A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPK923191 1991-11-01
AUPK9231 1991-11-01
AUPL176592 1992-04-08
AUPL1765 1992-04-08

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CA2122711A1 true CA2122711A1 (en) 1993-05-13

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AU (1) AU2882192A (en)
CA (1) CA2122711A1 (en)
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WO (1) WO1993008721A1 (en)

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ZA772778B (en) * 1977-05-10 1978-12-27 J Rohloff Handling means for use in handling planar objects
US4671404A (en) * 1986-04-17 1987-06-09 Wall Machine Works Disposable holder for food articles
US4770379A (en) * 1987-06-03 1988-09-13 Estvold Terry L Disposable toothbrush holder
FR2621898B1 (en) * 1987-10-20 1990-05-11 Leguay Emballages BULB HOLDER BRIDGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BRACKET

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NO941565D0 (en) 1994-04-28
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NO941565L (en) 1994-04-28
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