US 4,936,452 AGranted

Bathroom tissue container

OwnerHelena R. Pauleyinventor

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Abstract

A bathroom tissue container is set forth wherein an elongate tubular support member includes an elongate slot therein with a threaded cap securably mounted to the support member overlying the slot. The slot includes a fixed serrated clamp and a movably mounted serrated clamp to either side of the slot to maintain tissue removed from within the container and prevent such tissue from withdrawal into the container. The movable serrated clamp includes a spring-biased cylindrical guide movably mounted relative to an interior wall of the container adjacent the slot to maintain a smooth presentation of tissue for removal. The threaded closure includes an interior portion of resilient cushion with a smooth polymeric abutment disk to maintain the tissue in alignment with the container and resiliently bias a roll of tissue within the container during use.

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Dependent claims

A bathroom tissue container for securement of a roll of tissue of a predetermined height therein, said roll of tissue including a continuously wound sheet of perforated tissue of a predetermined thickness wound about a central hollow core, said container comprising,

an elongate tubular support member including a floor and a cylindrical wall with a support rod fixedly mounted to the floor and extending medially and axially from the floor to a position above an upper terminal end of the cylindrical wall, and
a closure cap threadedly securable to the upper terminal end of the cylindrical wall, and
a slot formed to the cylindrical wall parallel to the support rod, and
clamp means cooperative with the slot to secure the terminal end of the sheet of tissue therebetween and prevent the tissue from re-entry into the tubular support member, and
wherein the closure cap includes a resilient cushion laminated to an interior surface of the cap, and the resilient cushion including a smooth polymeric abutment disk laminated thereto coaxially of the cap, the disk includes a central aperture of a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the support rod to receive the support rod therethrough.

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