Large roll bathroom tissue dispenser with stub roll holder

A bathroom tissue dispenser having:

• a base,
• the base having a main support area with a central portion and a secondary support area positioned directly below the main support area;
• a large roll spindle,
• the spindle mounted in the central portion of the main support area for carrying a large roll of bathroom tissue, the longitudinal axis of the spindle extending transversely to the main support area;
• secondary support means on the secondary support area for supporting a remnant roll,
• the secondary support means, located under the spindle, having an axis of support which extends transverse to the axis of the spindle;
• the axis of support supporting a remnant roll of bathroom tissue, which roll is substantially smaller than the large roll, with the axis of rotation of the remnant roll parallel to the axis of support;
• a cover,
• the cover having a main cover portion sized to at least substantially completely cover a large roll mounted on the spindle and a secondary cover portion positioned below the main cover portion and sized to cover a remnant roll mounted on the secondary support means, said secondary cover portion being substantially smaller than said main cover portion,
• an interior opening in the main cover portion and positioned between the main cover portion and the secondary cover portion,
• the interior opening being directly above a remnant roll carried on the secondary support means and of such a size that the interior opening is substantially blocked by the remnant roll so as to prevent the use of the large roll until the remnant roll is used up, and
• a bottom outlet opening in the secondary cover portion for dispensing the bathroom tissue and positioned below the remnant roll,
• the bottom opening vertically aligned with the interior opening, the bottom opening allowing access to the remnant roll when it is in place and the bottom opening and interior opening together allowing access to the large roll when the remnant roll is used up.

A spindle for a bathroom tissue dispenser having:

• a tubular body having a bottom, a top and a midportion between said bottom and said top, said tubular body being comprised of a wall;
• ribs for increasing the radial size of the body;
• the body and the ribs having cooperating means for detachably connecting them together;
• the tubular body having longitudinally extending substantially U-shaped slots having sides and terminated by an end wall, said slots being circumferentially spaced apart and extending up from the bottom of the tubular body in the wall of the tubular body to the midportion of the tubular body, each rib having a bottom and a midportion and a longitudinally extending substantially U-shaped slot extending up from the bottom of the rib to the midportion of the rib and terminated by an end wall, said rib slot being insertable into the slot in the tubular body with the slot in the rib receiving the wall of the body adjacent the tubular body slot and the end wall of the rib slot being adjacent the end wall of the tubular body slot when so inserted.