Supporting apparatus for a roll of paper towels, toilet tissue or the like
OwnerPierre Lahaussoisinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A supporting apparatus for a roll of paper towels or a similar item. The device has a section of lanyard or other flexible material fastened along its lower region to an adjoining collar with two arms extending in generally opposite directions from each other. The arms provide a surface on which a roll of paper towels can rest. A series of enlargements and a spherical dual-passage collar along the upper region of the lanyard together provide a releasable loop of adjustable size by which the device is hung. The holding device has confining elements at the distal ends of the arms. A user can easily attach a roll of paper towels or toilet tissue to the device by dropping the adjoining collar together with the arms through the hollow cylindrical core of the roll.
Claims11
A holder for suspending a generally cylindrical roll of paper tissues, where the cylindrical roll has an inner structure that provides an open-ended internal passage extending from one end of the roll through the inner structure to a substantially opposite end of the roll and has paper tissues outside the inner structure, comprising:
- (a) an adjoining collar;
- (b) a first arm extending out from the adjoining collar;
- (c) a second arm substantially equal in length to the first arm extending out from the adjoining collar in a direction substantially opposite the first arm, wherein the adjoining collar, first arm, and second arm have a size, shape, and orientation that permit the collar and the first and second arms to enter, exit, and travel within the internal passage of the cylindrical roll;
- (d) a lanyard section engaging the adjoining collar, wherein the lanyard section has a length greater than the length of the internal passage of the generally cylindrical roll;
- and
- (e) means for fastening the holder to a fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.