U.S. patent application number 12/099732 was filed with the patent office on 2009-10-08 for tissue case.
Invention is credited to Bok Woo Lee.
Application Number | 20090250486 12/099732 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41132326 |
Filed Date | 2009-10-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090250486 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lee; Bok Woo |
October 8, 2009 |
Tissue case
Abstract
A tissue case is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the
present invention, the tissue case comprises a front plate, an
upper plate and a lower plate extended from the front plate with
the front plate disposed therebetween and each including a
withdrawal outlet independently formed from the other; upper and
lower rear plates each having a half height of the height of the
front plate, being extended from the upper and lower plates
respectively; and a partition plate extended from the lower rear
plate, such that two storage spaces can be formed up and down.
Accordingly, while storing a lot of tissue sheets in the upper and
the lower storage spaces, the tissue sheets can be successively
drawn out without a break until being exhausted due to the halved
height of each storage space.
Inventors: |
Lee; Bok Woo; (Daegu,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
PARK LAW FIRM
3255 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 1110
LOS ANGELES
CA
90010
US
|
Family ID: |
41132326 |
Appl. No.: |
12/099732 |
Filed: |
April 8, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
221/34 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 83/0805
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
221/34 |
International
Class: |
B65H 1/28 20060101
B65H001/28 |
Claims
1. A tissue case comprising: a front plate including a sub-sidewall
plate on each side; an upper plate and a lower plate respectively
extended from upper and lower ends of the front plate upper and
lower rear plates each having a half height of the height of the
front plate, being extended from the upper and lower plates
respectively, and including half-height sub-sidewall plates
extended from both lateral sides thereof; a partition plate
extended from the lower rear plate; a upper withdrawal outlet
formed on the upper plate and independently formed from the other
and sidewall plates extended from both lateral sides thereof; and a
lower withdrawal outlet formed on the lower plate and independently
formed from the other and sidewall plates extended from both
lateral sides thereof, wherein each of the upper withdrawal outlet
and the lower withdrawal outlet comprises a vinyl film with an
opening attached thereto and is configured such that a tissue sheet
in the tissue case is drawn out therethrough, and wherein the
tissue sheet is caught in the opening of the vinyl film.
2. The tissue case according to claim 1, wherein the upper rear
plate and the partition plate each include an adhesion part
extended from an end thereof, and the half-height sub-sidewall
plates of the upper and the lower rear plates each include a
supporting part extended therefrom.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a tissue case, and more
particularly to a tissue case capable of storing a lot of tissue
sheets by separately having upper and lower storage spaces and
enabling the stored tissue sheets to be successively drawn out
without a break until the tissue sheets are completely
exhausted.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Generally, a tissue case stores sequentially connected
tissue sheets in a single storage space thereof so that the tissue
sheets are successively drawn out one by one. Here, the tissue
sheets need to be stored by an enough quantity to be used for a
predetermined time period. Especially, when the stored quantity of
the tissue is so small, it becomes very inconvenient to draw out
the tissue sheet because the tissue case is too light and therefore
wholly lifted upon withdrawal of the tissue sheet. Therefore, the
storage space is usually formed to be as high as about 11 cm to
store a quantity of tissue sheets in one large storage space.
[0005] Accordingly, when storage space of the tissue case has
enough height and thereby stores a lot of tissue sheets, a user is
able to use the tissue for a long time until exhaustion,
conveniently drawing out the tissue sheet owing to a proper weight
of the tissue case. However, with the storage space having such a
great height, when the tissue sheets are reduced to less than a
half of the total quantity, a distance from a remaining tissue
stack to a withdrawal outlet of the tissue case becomes so far that
a preceding tissue sheet may be drawn out as separated from the
remaining tissue stack. As a result, it becomes extremely
inconvenient to draw out a next tissue sheet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of
the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to
provide a tissue case capable of enabling all the tissue sheets
stored therein to be successively drawn out without a break until
the tissue sheets are completely exhausted, by structuring a
storage space to be divided into upper and lower storage
spaces.
[0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
tissue case capable of structuring the two storage spaces at an
upper part and a lower part by folding and adhesion of a single
sheet of paperboard.
[0008] In accordance with the present invention, the above and
other objects can be accomplished by the provision of a tissue case
comprising a rear plate halved into an upper rear plate and a lower
rear plate respectively extended from an upper plate and a lower
plate, and a partition plate extended from the upper rear plate to
divide a storage space to upper and lower storage spaces, such that
tissue sheets can be drawn out through withdrawal outlets each
formed at the upper and the lower plates.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The above and other objects, features and other advantages
of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the
following detailed description taken in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings, in which:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tissue case as developed,
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a plan development view of the tissue case
according to the embodiment of the present invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tissue case according to
the embodiment of the present invention, in a first folding
process;
[0013] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tissue case according to
the embodiment of the present invention, in a second folding
process;
[0014] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the tissue case as
completely assembled; and
[0015] FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the structure of the
tissue case according to the embodiment of the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present
invention will be described in detail with reference to the
accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to
like elements throughout. In the description, well-known arts and
functions will not be described in detail so as not to obscure the
present invention.
[0017] FIG. 1 is a perspective development view of a tissue case
according to an embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 2 is a
plan development view of the tissue case according to the
embodiment of the present invention. The tissue case A comprises a
single sheet of paperboard constituted by upper and lower plates 2
and 4, front and rear plates 6, 8 and 10, a partition plate 12,
sidewall plates 14 and 16, and sub-sidewall plates 18, 20 and 22,
which are all connected with respect to folding lines formed
between respective adjoining plates thereof.
[0018] The upper and the lower plates 2 and 4 are extended from
opposite sides of the front plate 6 with a folding line formed
between each of the upper and lower plates 2 and 4 and the front
plate 6. The sidewall plates 14 and 16 are extended in pairs from
both lateral sides of the upper and the lower plates 2 and 4,
respectively, with folding lines formed between each of the
sidewall plates 14 and 16 and each of the upper and the lower
plates 2 and 4. The sidewall plates 14 and 16 have a predetermined
length to partly overlap each other. Withdrawal outlets 2a and 4a
are formed in the center of the upper and the lower plates 2 and 4,
respectively.
[0019] Here, the withdrawal outlets 2a and 4a of the upper and the
lower plates 2 and 4 may be exposed by removing a cut-out part of
each along a cutting line after the manufacture like in general
tissue cases, or bored in advance through the upper and the lower
plates 2 and 4. On a back surface of the upper and the lower plates
2 and 4, a vinyl film is attached corresponding to the withdrawal
outlets 2a and 4a such that the tissue sheet can be caught in an
opening of the vinyl film.
[0020] In addition, the front plate 6 which determines height of
the tissue case A is formed by a proper height, including the
sub-sidewall plates 18 extended from both lateral sides thereof
with folding lines formed between each sub-sidewall plate 18 and
the each lateral side.
[0021] The rear plates 8 and 10 are separately formed to constitute
an upper half and a lower half of the whole rear surface,
respectively. The upper rear plate 8 is extended from the upper
plate 2 with a folding line formed between them. The lower rear
plate 10 is extended from the lower plate 4 with a folding line
formed between them. The sub-sidewall plates 20 and 22 are extended
in pairs from both lateral sides of the rear plates 8 and 10,
respectively, with folding lines formed between each of the
sub-sidewall plates 20 and 22 and each of the upper and the lower
rear plates 8 and 10. The sub-sidewall plates 20 and 22 include
supporting parts 20a and 22a extended from an end thereof,
respectively. At an end of the upper rear plate 8, an adhesion part
8a is extendedly formed with a folding line formed between
them.
[0022] In addition, the partition plate 12 is extended from the
upper rear plate 8 with a folding line formed between them.
Furthermore, a partition adhesion part 12a is extended from an end
of the partition plate 12 with a folding line formed between
them.
[0023] As described above, the tissue case according to this
embodiment of the present invention can be manufactured using one
sheet of paperboard since the upper and the lower plates 2 and 4,
the front and the rear plates 6, 8 and 10, and the partition plate
12 are all connected with one another.
[0024] FIG. 3 through FIG. 5 show folding processes for assembling
the tissue case according to the embodiment of the present
invention. Although the order of the processes is not specifically
settled, it is preferred that, first, the front plate 6 and the
lower rear plate 10 are folded perpendicularly to the lower plate 4
using the folding lines, and the partition plate 12 and the
partition adhesion part 12a are also folded to be perpendicular to
each adjoining plate using the folding lines. Then, the partition
plate 12 is fixedly adhered to the middle of a back surface of the
front plate 6 through the partition adhesion part 12a, thereby
forming a lower storage space 26.
[0025] After formation of the lower storage space, the upper plate
2, the upper rear plate 8 and the adhesion part 8a of the upper
rear plate 8 are folded sequentially from the front plate 6 using
the folding lines in such a manner that those plates are
perpendicular to each adjoining plate. Next, by adhering the
adhesion part 8a to the partition plate 12, an upper storage space
24 is formed at an upper part of the lower storage space 26
independently.
[0026] In this process, the adhesion part 8a of the upper rear part
8 is not necessarily adhered to the partition plate 12 but may be
fixedly adhered to an end of the lower rear plate 10.
[0027] After the upper and the lower storage spaces 24 and 26 are
formed, the sub-sidewall plates 18, 20 and 22 of the front and the
rear plates 6, 8 and 10 are folded at a right angle inwardly.
Subsequently, the sidewall plates 14 and 16 respectively of the
upper and the lower plates 2 and 4 are folded at a right angle
using the folding lines. By fixedly adhering overlapping parts
between the sidewall plates 14 and 16 to each other, the tissue
case A can be shaped into a complete form.
[0028] During the above processes, the tissue sheets 28 and 30 are
received in the upper and the lower storage spaces 24 and 26,
respectively, and the sub-sidewall plates 20 and 22 of the upper
and the lower rear plates 8 and 10 are brought into contact with
the partition plate 12 through the supporting parts 20a and 22a
each thereof, thereby serving as a supporter to reinforce the
stiffness of the tissue case A.
[0029] Although the embodiment of the present invention is
explained by dividing the storage space of the tissue case A into
the upper and the lower storage spaces 24 and 26, the storage
spaces 24 and 26 can be used optionally since there is actually no
specific definition between the upper and lower parts. For example,
the tissue case A can be used by removing the cut-out part of the
upper plate 2, thereby forming the withdrawal outlet 2a, and
drawing out the tissue sheets 28 from the upper storage space
24.
[0030] According to the embodiment of the present invention,
although the total height of the tissue case A is great, since the
upper storage space 24 has just a half height, a distance from the
partition plate 12 to the withdrawal outlet 2a is small. Therefore,
the tissue sheets 28 stored in the upper storage space 24 can be
successively drawn out without a break until being exhausted.
[0031] Additionally, when the tissue sheets 28 in the upper storage
space 24 are exhausted, the user can now use the tissue sheets 30
stored in the lower storage space 26 by turning the tissue case A
upside down, removing the cut-out part of the lower plate 4, and
drawing out the tissue sheets 30 through the withdrawal outlet 4a.
Also, since a distance from the partition plate 12 to the
withdrawal outlet 4a is a half of the total height of the tissue
case A, the tissue sheets 30 can be successively drawn out without
a break until being exhausted, thus remarkably improving the user
convenience.
[0032] As can be appreciated from the above description, the tissue
case A according to the embodiment of the present invention is
capable of storing a lot of tissue sheets 28 and 30 using the upper
and the lower storage spaces 24 and 26. Accordingly, the tissue
sheets can be used for a long time, being drawn out conveniently by
a proper weight of the tissue case A. Furthermore, the tissue
sheets 28 and 30 stacked in the upper and the lower storage spaces
24 and 26 can be drawn out through different withdrawal outlets 2a
and 4a, respectively, which are separately formed at each storage
space 24 and 26. Therefore, in each storage space 24 and 26, a
distance from a bottom surface to each withdrawal outlet 2a and 4a
is not so great that the stored tissue sheets 28 and 30 can be
successively drawn out without a break until being completely
exhausted. Consequently, the user convenience can be greatly
improved.
[0033] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention
have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the
art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and
substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and
spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying
claims.
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