Construction for securing a paper roll to a holder

A support structure for helping to prevent a roll of paper which is rolled upon a core from being inadvertently pulled off a paper roll holder that includes a base, a pair of biased side arms extending from the base, at least one of said arms being deformable from a first position to a second position, said second position being outwardly spaced relative to said first position, a knob-like bearing member disposed on the free end of each side arm, the bearing members facing each other so that one end of the roll of paper can be placed over one bearing member and the opposite end of the roll can be placed over the other bearing member whereby the roll of paper is supported between the side arms, said support structure comprising:

• spring means insertable within at least a portion of the core of the paper roll for exerting a force generally along the longitudinal axis of the roll of paper to urge said at least one of the side arms outwardly from said first position to said second position, said spring means including a coil spring inserted within the core of the paper roll;
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• means for securing said spring means over at least one of the bearing members, wherein said means for securing said spring means comprises an end of said coil spring, said end of said coil spring directly engaging one of said bearing members and releasably retaining said spring means on said bearing member.