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US 9,085,438 B2Granted
Roll holder with internal fragrance dispenser
AssigneeFollow Thru, LLC
InventorsYaVaughnie Wilkins, Anthony Montoya
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Abstract
A tissue roll holder includes an interior ventilated chamber holding potpourri or other scented products, a spring-loaded spindle and spacers for holding the interior surface of a tissue roll spaced apart from the chamber.
Claims20
A roll holder for holding roll products, comprising:
- a tubular spindle closed at both ends thereof to provide a chamber therebetween in an interior of the spindle, the chamber being in fluid communication with an exterior of the spindle via a plurality of openings;
- a plurality of stand-offs fixed to the spindle around and oriented radially outward from an outermost cylindrical surface of the spindle, configured to fit snugly against and hold an interior surface of a cylindrical tissue roll core not less than about 1.55 inches in diameter in a spaced-apart relation to the spindle with an annular gap all around the outermost cylindrical surface of the spindle and between the outermost cylindrical surface of the spindle and the interior surface of the cylindrical tissue roll core, the annular gap facilitating fluid communication between the chamber and an exterior of the cylindrical tissue roll core, wherein the plurality of stand-offs comprise generally rectangular fins arranged symmetrically around the periphery of the spindle and centered along the length of the spindle, each of generally rectangular fins having a pair of rounded ears at corners distal from the spindle wherein one of each pair is positioned at opposite ones of the corners and protrudes outward beyond a long edge of the each of generally rectangular fins distal from the spindle;
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- a terminal piece moveably attached to at least one end of the spindle, configured to permit temporary compression of opposing terminals of the spindle along a longitudinal axis thereof, thereby enabling insertion of the spindle into fixed receivers for the opposing terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.