Apparatus and method for dispensing cushioning wrap material

An unpowered, manually operable apparatus for dispensing cushioning wrap material, the apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• a pair of opposing brackets extending upwardly from the frame, each bracket having an open ended, elongated slot formed therein;
• a roll of interleaf material including a hollow, axially-extending core, wherein the roll of interleaf material is rotatably secured to the frame via an elongated member having a received portion extending through the core, wherein the elongated member includes opposite end portions, each end portion received within a respective elongated slot, and wherein the open end of each elongated slot is configured to inhibit unintentional removal of the respective member end portion from the elongated slot;
• a roll of expandable sheet material in an unexpanded form rotatably secured to the frame adjacent the roll of interleaf material such that the roll of interleaf material and the roll of expandable sheet material are rotatable about parallelly aligned longitudinal axes;
• and
• a tensioning assembly operative to selectively apply a compressive force to opposite spaced-apart ends of the expandable sheet material along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the roll of expandable sheet material, wherein the rotational resistance causes the expandable sheet material to expand in length and thickness as the expandable sheet material is pulled with the interleaf material by a user.