Multiple roll toilet paper holder and dispenser
OwnerRoy Channel, Betty Channelinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device and method for storing and dispensing multiple rolls of toilet paper. The present invention comprises a weighted base with an elongated vertical body, onto which several rolls of toilet paper can be placed. The top portion of the elongated body pivots, and can lock in a vertical position, allowing for storage of additional rolls of toilet paper. The top portion can also lock into a horizontal position for use of a toilet paper roll mounted thereon. Once a roll of toilet paper is depleted, a user slides a replacement roll up the vertical body, and over the pivot, where it rests on the top portion.
Claims8
A toilet paper dispenser for holding and dispensing a plurality of rolls of toilet paper comprising:
- an elongated, vertical body with a first and second end;
- said elongated body first end being connected to a base;
- said elongated body second end having a pivoting means attached to an upper portion, allowing said upper portion to be pivoted between a vertical position and a horizontal position, wherein a roll of toilet paper having a first and second end is held on said upper portion by a plurality of flexible retainers engaging said first and second ends of said roll of toilet paper,
- said flexible retainers are capable of bending toward and away from said pivoting means.
A method of placing toilet paper rolls on a toilet paper dispenser, comprising the steps of:
- locking a pivoting means in a vertical position aligning it with a vertical lower body, sliding said rolls of toilet paper down an upper portion, over a plurality of flexible retainers, over said pivoting means, down said vertical lower body, resting on top of a base.
A method of placing a new roll of toilet paper on a toilet paper dispenser, comprising the steps of:
- locking a pivoting means in a vertical position, removing a cardboard tube from a previously used roll of toilet paper, moving said roll of toilet paper from a storage position up a vertical body, over said pivoting means, coming to rest on an upper portion between a first flexible retainer are and a second flexible retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.