Napkin/Tissue Dispenser for Vehicle

Where I’m from, one never discards napkins from fast food establishments. Standard procedure is to stuff them in your car’s glove box, thinking you will use them later. The problems with this approach are a) there’s never enough space, b) it can be hard to reach, c) The napkins inevitably get crumbled, and d) if you have some fluid on your hands, you probably don’t want to touch the glove box handle to get to the napkins.

I guess I could have just purchased a Kleenex holder, but then I’d need to buy Kleenexes, whereas I already have an ample supply of fast food napkins. Besides, I don’t like to pay for something I can make better.
This design solves all those issues. With it, your harvested napkins are conveniently within reach and uncrumpled. I wished to clip this to my enger side visor, so I added two sockets for an extra-large binder clip. But one provided enough holding force. I guess you could use it indoors, too, but its capacity is better suited for a vehicle. It is sized for standard 6.5” x 5” napkins. It should hold around 50 napkins, depending on how tight one packs it (can’t be too tight because of the latch). If anyone requests it, I can edit this design to hold more napkins.
As well as a binder clip or two to mount, the hinge requires a 6.5” length of 1/8” wire, or something of similar size. Filament could probably be used, but will make the hinge loose.

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• Material: PLA or PLA plus, although I suppose ABS could work too.

• Other supplies: 6.5” of 1/8” steel wire (or similar diameter), 1-2 Extra-large binder clips

• Orientation: See blue stripes in the photos. Place the side with the chamfers on the bed.
• s: None.
• Layer height: 0.2mm.
• Walls, Top/Bottom layers: 5, 4/4.

• Wall thickness: 0.5mm.
• Infill: 20% Lighting.
• Total Material: 195g with these settings
• Print a lid and a base, and add a binder clip(s) by pinching it open and sliding it to the center of the socket(s), removing the wire handles as you go. I used one, but two sockets are provided for versatility. The fit shouldn’t be too tight but if it is, the clip can be hammered into place with little trouble.
• Slide the wire into the hinge, center it, and (optional) weld a bit of filament into each side to trap it in place. The hinge will not be in use very often, so the wire might not come out enough for this to be a problem.

• To fill, just place the napkins with the short fold down into the lid as shown, and fold up and latch by fitting the tab through the slot (bend the face with the slot in it).