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US 4,807,823 AGranted
Bathroom tissue dispenser
AssigneeWyant & Company Limited/La Compagnie Wyant Limitee
InventorJames A. Wyant
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Abstract
A bathroom tissue dispenser with a top and bottom tissue roll holder, has fixed spindles and a lockable hinged enclosure over the top spindle. The enclosure makes it difficult to remove sheets from the top roll until the bottom roll has been depleted. The dispenser has a rigid construction and is less prone to damage than existing dispensers.
Claims2
A bathroom tissue dispenser for dispensing sheet material from a roll comprising:
- a back plate, means in the back plate for use in attaching it to a flat surface;
- a top fixed spindle cantilevered from the back plate to form a rigid structure with the back plate and positioned below an upper edge of the back plate;
- a bottom fixed spindle cantilevered from the back plate to form a rigid structure with the back plate spaced beneath the top spindle, and having a free end, both the top spindle and the bottom spindle adapted to each hold a bathroom tissue roll;
- side members integral with a top portion of the back plate, extending on each side of the top spindle, the side members having bottom edges located one-half to one inch below the top spindle so as to have the side members hide a major portion of the tissue roll mounted on the top spindle and to make it awkward to use the top tissue roll while there is a substantial amount of tissue on the bottom tissue roll, but to make the top tissue roll accessible when the bottom tissue roll is nearly depleted;
- a cover with a top edge having a hinge connection to the upper edge of the back plate, the cover having a top plate integral with a front plate, which, with the side members, forms an enclosure for the top spindle and the bathroom tissue roll on the top spindle,
- a central arm in the same plane and integral with the front plate of the cover extending down over the free end of the bottom spindle, and
- locking means between the central arm of the cover and the free end of the bottom spindle.
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