Fixed-spool toilet paper dispenser with removable outer bracket and method
OwnerDamian Arcilesiinventor
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Abstract
A toilet paper dispenser is disclosed which contains a spool that extends at a right angle from a mounting plate secured to a surface. The mounting plate may, optionally, be mounted to a wall surface or may be recessed. The spool receives a roll of toilet paper thereon, and has an end cap that is removably coupled to an end of the spool, after placement of the toilet paper roll on the spool to prevent the roll from coming off of the spool. The toilet paper dispenser includes a top cover positioned so as to conceal a top portion of the toilet paper roll when the mounting plate is mounted on a wall surface. When a drywall type surface is used, a butterfly type anchor permits attachment of the mounting plate to the drywall type surface.
Claims4
A toilet paper dispenser comprising, in combination:
- a vertical mounting plate adapted to be attached to a vertical wall surface portion;
- a solid spool having a first end connected to a front surface portion of said vertical mounting plate and a second end adapted to receive thereon a roll of toilet paper, said solid spool projects at a substantially right angle from said vertical mounting plate, said second end of said solid spool having a recess portion;
- an end cap having a protrusion portion adapted to be inserted into and removed from said recess portion of said second end of said solid spool to permit said end cap to be rapidly attached to said second end of said solid spool when said protrusion portion of said end cap is inserted into said recess portion at said second end of said solid spool and to also permit said end cap to be rapidly detached from said solid spool when said protrusion portion of said end cap is removed from said recess portion of said second end of said solid spool, said end cap having a diameter larger than a diameter of said solid spool at said second end of said solid spool to hold said roll of toilet paper on said solid spool;
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- an immovable top cover fixedly connected to a top portion of said vertical mounting plate at one end of said top cover and having another end of said top cover extending outwardly from said mounting plate over a substantial portion of said solid spool, said immovable top cover extending over a top portion of said roll of toilet paper when positioned on said solid spool and spaced from said solid spool at a distance beyond a distance provided by a complete roll of toilet paper when positioned on said solid spool.
A toilet paper dispenser comprising, in combination:
- a vertical mounting plate adapted to be attached to an interior wall surface portion located in a pre-formed cavity inside a wall;
- a solid spool having a first end connected to a front surface portion of said vertical mounting plate and a second end adapted to receive thereon a roll of toilet paper, said solid spool projects at a right angle from said vertical mounting plate, said second end of said solid spool having a recess portion;
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- an end cap having a protrusion portion adapted to be inserted into and removed from said recess portion of said second end of said solid spool to permit said end cap to be rapidly attached to said second end of said solid spool when said protrusion portion of said end cap is inserted into said recess portion at said second end of said solid spool and to also permit said end cap to be rapidly detached from said solid spool when said protrusion portion of said end cap is removed from said recess portion at said second end of said solid spool, said end cap having a diameter larger than a diameter of said solid spool at said second end of said spool to hold said roll of toilet paper on said solid spool, said solid spool and said end cap connected thereto located within said cavity and having a length substantially equal to a depth of said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.