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US 5,848,762 AGranted
Adapter for toilet paper rolls without core
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsHorst Alfred Reinheimer, Christof Karl Stary
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Abstract
An adapter (1) for dispensers receiving coreless toilet paper rolls (3) having a receptacle (2) into which to place a coreless toilet paper roll (3) and at least one suspension arrangement (8) for fastening the adapter (1) to conventional mountings (9) of wall mounted dispensers (10) use for core-type toilet paper rolls.
Claims8
An adapter for a toilet paper roll dispenser, the adapter comprising:
- a substantially semi-cylindrical receptacle, open at the top and designed to receive a coreless toilet paper roll therein, the receptacle comprising a pair of mutually opposite sidewalls and a semi-cylindrical casing wall disposed between the sidewalls and designed to support the coreless toilet paper roll;
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- at least one suspension arrangement for fastening the adapter to a wall-mounted toilet paper dispenser, the suspension arrangement comprising two axially-aligned insert pins, each of the pins extending outwardly from each of the sidewalls and having a free end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.