Portable dispenser for rolled paper products

Abstract

A portable dispenser for rolled paper products such as paper towels, comprising a base member and a cap member. The base is disc-shaped with an inwardly dished conical inner face. A centrally located upstanding retention means for non-rotatably engaging one end of the hollow inner core of a roll of paper towels, coaxial with the disc, projects from this inner face. An upstanding flange encircles the circumference of the disc, encasing one axial end of a roll of towels. The disc-like base has a flat, smooth outer face having a centrally located pivot on which the base member will rotate. The cap member is also disc-shaped with an inwardly dished conical inner face. A centrally located upstanding retention means for non-rotatably engaging the opposite end of the hollow inner core of the roll of paper towels projects from this inner face of the cap member. An upstanding knob or handle with an optional closed top projects from the outer face of the cap. The base member can be placed on any horizontal support surface so that the towel roll is held vertically. With one hand grasping or pushing down on the upstanding knob of the cap member, towel sheets may be pulled from the roll with the other hand. The entire dispenser assembly rotates about the center axis on the pivot of the base member.

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