Holder and dispenser for bathroom tissue rolls

An apparatus adapted for holding and dispensing bathroom tissue from a roll of a strip thereof, said roll enclosing a central tubular core therethrough normal to the strip, and said apparatus comprising:

• a wall mounting plate adapted to be secured with a flat wall side thereof against the surface of a bathroom wall;
• a cylindrical spindle being integral with the wall mounting plate and outstanding normally therefrom away from the wall, said spindle being of substantially smaller outside diameter than the inside diameter of the central tubular core of the roll, and being outstanding from the plate at least a distance slightly greater than the width of the roll;
• a hinge member being integral with the wall mounting plate and outstanding normally therefrom away from the wall, and outstanding from the plate a distance at least slightly greater than the width of the roll, and spaced away from the spindle a distance sufficient to clear a roll placed thereabout;
• a roll retaining member spanning between the ends of the spindle and the hinge member remote from the wall plate;
• hinge means connecting said end of the hinge member with the end of the roll retaining member proximate thereto, said hinge means permitting the retaining member to be rotated away from the spindle to permit placement and removal of the roll to about and from about the spindle respectively;
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• means for releasably securing the spindle end of the roll retaining member to said end of the spindle.