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What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing including a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom; and a sheet mover mounted to the housing and configured to move sheet material positioned in the housing, such that when the lid is lifted, a portion of the sheet mover contacts at least a portion of a sheet material position...
What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing including a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom; and a sheet mover mounted to the housing and configured to move sheet material positioned in the housing, such that when the lid is lifted, a portion of the sheet mover contacts at least a portion of a sheet material positioned in the housing and moves in one direction across and against the portion of the sheet material such that the portion of the sheet material is at least briefly coupled to the portion of the sheet mover and is moved in the one direction, then the sheet mover reverses direction and moves in an opposite direction and towards the lid as the lid is lifted, wherein the portion of the sheet material is moved at least in the one direction, and wherein the portion of the sheet material moved is positioned to be easily withdrawn through the exit port by a user. 2. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the sheet mover includes a leg which includes a toe, and wherein the toe is configured to contact and move over a surface of the portion of the sheet material and briefly couple to the portion to move at least the portion. 3. The dispenser of claim 2, wherein at least the lid includes a front side from which the lid is lifted and a back side positioned opposite the front side, and wherein when the lid is being lifted, the toe of the sheet mover moves across and against the sheet material towards the back side of the lid and the pick snags the portion of the sheet material and moves the portion of the sheet material towards the back side, and then the toe of the sheet material reverses direction and moves toward the front side of the lid and upward toward the lid as the lid is elevated upward and away from the front side of the container. 4. The dispenser of claim 2, wherein the dispenser further comprises an assembly for moving the leg, and wherein the assembly includes a push rod having a yoke and a shield. 5. The dispenser of claim 4, wherein the shield is positioned against the lid and includes slots, and wherein one end of the leg is pivotally coupled to the lid, the end of the leg including a rounded bar having a pair of spaced-apart ends, the slots configured to permit the ends to rotate and slidably move therein. 6. The dispenser of claim 5, wherein the yoke includes slots which are configured to hold drag pins which extend from each of the ends, and wherein the yoke is positioned over at least a portion of the shield, and wherein the push rod is movably coupled to a portion of the lid. 7. The dispenser of claim 6, wherein the shield, the push rod and the yoke cooperate with the leg to releasably move the leg into the shield and retain the leg within the shield when at least a portion of the lid is positioned in an open loading position. 8. The dispenser of claim 7, wherein when the leg is moved against the lid, the leg releasably locked in a position by the assembly. 9. A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing including a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom; and a sheet mover mounted to the housing, the sheet mover including a leg having one end which is pivotally coupled to the lid of the housing, the leg having a toe positioned on an opposite end which includes a pick, the toe configured to contact and move across and against at least a surface of a portion of a sheet material positioned in the housing, the pick configured to snag the portion of the sheet material to move it, such that at least the portion of the sheet material is at least briefly coupled to the sheet mover via the toe and pick and moved away from at least a portion of any additional sheet materials positioned adjacent thereto by the sheet mover, wherein the portion of the sheet material moved is positioned to be easily withdrawn through the exit port by a user, and wherein the lid includes a locking assembly to releasably lock the pivotal leg in a non-movable position. 10. The dispenser of claim 9, wherein the locking assembly includes a push rod having a yoke and a shield. 11. The dispenser of claim 10, wherein the shield is positioned against the lid and includes slots, and wherein the end of the leg pivotally coupled to the lid includes a rounded bar having a pair of spaced-apart ends, the slots configured to permit each end of the rounded bar of the pivotal leg to rotate and slidably move therein, and wherein the push rod is movably coupled to a portion of the lid. 12. The dispenser of claim 11 wherein the yoke includes slots which are configured to hold drag pins which extend from each end of the rounded bar of the pivotal leg, and wherein the yoke is positioned over at least a portion of the shield. 13. The dispenser of claim 9, wherein the locking assembly is configured to move the leg, such that when the lid is lifted, the toe of the leg is first moved in one direction across the sheet material to snag the portion of the sheet material on the pick and then the toe of the leg reverses direction and moves in an opposite direction and then upward, towards the lid. 14. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein the shield, the push rod and the yoke cooperate with the pivotal leg to releasably move the leg into the shield and retain the leg within the shield when at least a portion of the lid is positioned in an open loading position. 15. A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing comprising a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface formed to include an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom; and a sheet mover mounted to at least a portion of the housing and configured to move in more than one direction when activated to move sheet material adjacent to the exit port, such that when the sheet mover is activated, a portion of the sheet mover contacts at least a portion of a sheet material positioned in the housing and moves in one direction across and against the portion of the sheet material to move the portion of the sheet material at least briefly in the one direction, then the sheet mover moves in an other direction and moves the portion of the sheet of material at least briefly in the other direction, and then the sheet mover moves toward the lid as the lid continues to be lifted, wherein the portion of the sheet material moved is positioned to be easily withdrawn through the exit port by a user. 16. The dispenser of claim 15, wherein the sheet mover is activated by lifting the lid, and wherein at least the lid includes a back side positioned opposite the front side, and wherein the sheet mover moves toward the back side, changes direction and moves toward the front side, then moves next to the lid as the lid continues to be lifted. 17. The dispenser of claim 16, wherein the sheet mover includes a leg which includes a toe, and wherein the toe is configured to contact and move over a surface of the portion of the sheet material and briefly couple to the portion to move at least the portion. 18. The dispenser of claim 17, wherein the toe includes a pick, and wherein when the lid is being lifted, the toe of the sheet mover moves across and against the sheet material and the pick snags the portion of the sheet material and moves the portion of the sheet material in the one direction, and then the toe moves in the other direction and moves the sheet material at least briefly in the other direction as the lid is elevated upward. 19. The dispenser of claim 18, wherein at least the lid includes a front side from which the lid is lifted and a back side positioned opposite the front side, and wherein the toe moves in the one direction toward the back side and then the toe moves in the other direction toward the front side. 20. The dispenser of claim 19, wherein the the dispenser further comprises an assembly for moving the leg, and wherein the assembly includes a push rod having a yoke and a shield. 21. The system of claim 19, wherein the shield is positioned against the lid and includes slots, and wherein one end of the leg is pivotally coupled to the lid, the end of the leg including a rounded bar having a pair of spaced-apart ends, the slots configured to permit the ends to rotate and slidably move therein, wherein the yoke includes slots which are configured to hold drag pins which extend from each of the ends, wherein yoke is positioned over at least a portion of the shield, wherein the push rod is movably coupled to a portion of the lid, and wherein the shield, the push rod and the yoke cooperate with the leg to releasably move the leg into the shield and retain the leg within the shield when at least a portion of the lid is positioned in an open loading position. 22. A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, the dispenser comprising: a housing including a container and a lid which cooperate to provide an inner surface defining an internal compartment configured to hold sheet material therein, the housing including an exit port for withdrawal of sheet material therefrom, wherein at least the lid includes a front side from which the lid is lifted and a back side positioned opposite the front side; and a sheet mover mounted to the housing and configured to move sheet material positioned in the housing, such that when the front side of the lid is lifted, a portion of the sheet mover contacts at least a portion of a sheet material position in the housing and moves in one direction towards the back side of the lid and across and against the portion of the sheet material such that the portion of the sheet material is at least briefly coupled to the portion of the sheet mover and is moved in the one direction, then the sheet mover reverses direction and moves in an opposite direction toward the front side of the lid and upward towards the lid as the lid is lifted, wherein the portion of the sheet material is moved in at least the one direction, and wherein the portion of the sheet material moved is positioned to be easily withdrawn through the exit port by a user. 23. The dispenser of claim 22 wherein the sheet mover includes a leg having one end which is pivotally coupled to the lid of the housing, the leg having a toe positioned on an opposite end which includes a pick, wherein the toe is configured to move over a surface of the portion of the sheet material and the pick is configured to snag the portion to move at least the portion. 24. The dispenser of claim 23, wherein the toe moves across and against the portion of the sheet material towards the back side of the lid to at least briefly snag the portion of the sheet material, and then the toe reverses direction and moves toward the front side of the lid and upward, toward the lid as the lid is lifted upward. 25. The of claim 24, further comprising an assembly carried by at least a portion of the housing and configured to move the leg. 26. The dispenser of claim 25, wherein the assembly includes a push rod having a yoke and a shield. 27. The dispenser of claim 26, wherein the shield is positioned against the lid and includes slots, and wherein one end of the leg is pivotally coupled to the lid, the leg including a rounded bar having a pair of spaced-apart ends, the slots configured to permit the ends of the rounded bar of the pivotal leg to rotate and slidably move therein, and wherein the push rod is movably coupled to a portion of the lid. 28. The dispenser of claim 27 wherein the yoke includes slots which are configured to hold drag pins which extend from the ends of the rounded bar of the pivotal leg, and wherein the yoke is positioned over at least a portion of the shield. 29. The dispenser of claim 28, wherein the shield, the push rod and the yoke cooperate with the pivotal leg to releasably move the leg into the shield and retain the leg within the shield when at least a portion of the lid is positioned in an open loading position. 30. The dispenser of claim 29, wherein when the leg is moved against the lid, the leg is releasably locked in a position by the assembly.
