US 12,150,598 B2
Dispensing device with replaceable front cover
Alice Susan Gordon, Wilson, NC (US); Eric M. Chalko, Alpharetta, GA (US); and Phillip L. Hutchison, Lebanon, OH (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/768,545
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/059000
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086359, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148803 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01); A47K 10/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/3625 (2013.01) [A47K 10/36 (2013.01); A47K 10/38 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3233 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3246 (2013.01); A47K 2010/389 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispenser for sheet materials comprising:
a housing having an interior volume so as to retain at least one roll of sheet material, the housing including a front cover assembly;
a dispensing mechanism contained within the housing for dispensing the sheet material; and
wherein the front cover assembly comprises:
(1) a front plate having a first side of the front plate and a second and opposite side of the front plate, the first side of the front plate forming an exterior surface of the dispenser; and
(2) a back frame member, the back frame member comprising a first side of the back frame member and a second and opposite side of the back frame member, the second side of the back frame member forming an interior surface of the housing, the first side of the back frame member defining a raised margin area, the first side of the back frame member being removably attachable to the second side of the front plate, wherein the second side of the front plate includes at least one locking element that corresponds in location and connects to at least one mating receptor on the first side of the back frame member and wherein the front plate forms a flush fit with the margin area of the first side of the back frame member when the locking element and mating receptor are engaged, wherein the back frame member includes at least one push pin located on the second side of the back frame member, the push pin for separating the front plate from the back frame member when pressure is applied for facilitating disengagement of the front plate from the back frame member.