公开(公告)号：US10016099B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US14940915

申请日：2015-11-13

Applicant: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC

Inventor： Antonio Michael Cittadino ,  Chevis James Watkinson ,  Timothy Andrew Robertson ,  Nickolas Everett Madsen ,  Stuart Elizabeth Mullens

IPC: A47K10/38 ,  B65H16/00 ,  B65H23/06 ,  B65H16/06 ,  A47K10/32

CPC classification number: A47K10/38 ,  A47K2010/3233 ,  A47K2010/3863 ,  B65H16/005 ,  B65H16/06 ,  B65H23/06 ,  B65H2301/41346 ,  B65H2701/18484 ,  B65H2701/1924

Abstract: A sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a housing defining an interior space configured to receive the roll of sheet product therein, and a roll support positioned within the interior space and configured to rotatably support the roll of sheet product. The housing includes a dispensing gap in communication with the interior space and configured to allow a tail portion of the roll of sheet product to extend therethrough and out of the interior space, and a drainage gap in communication with the interior space and configured to allow a liquid to drain therethrough and out of the interior space. The drainage gap is spaced apart from the dispensing gap and positioned below the dispensing gap. A related method of protecting a roll of sheet product within a sheet product dispenser also is provided.