Shelf attachment

A shelf-supporting device for attachment to a conventional toilet-tissue dispenser of a type having a pair of forwardly extending posts with bore portions formed therein for accepting the extremities of a spindle bearing a roll of toilet-tissue, said device comprising:

• a shelf element of given area and shape adapted to be positioned horizontally and mount thereon at least one object;
• means incorporated with said shelf element for holding said object against inadvertent displacement;
• a plurality of rigid arm means at least one end of which is attached to and projects angularly from marginal portions of said shelf element for releasably engaging at least one given portion of the dispenser;
• the location of the attachment of said arm means and the angle of their disposition enabling the surface of said shelf element to be substantially free of obstruction for ready placement, removal or manipulation of said object;
• means for holding a rear surface of said supporting device at a position adjacent to a rear surface of said dispenser whereby said shelf element is established at a horizontal position and substantially fixed against movement;
• and
• means for locking said supporting device at said position.