Toilet paper dispenser

• US 20050051663A1
• Filed: 09/09/2003
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Habakkuk Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Chad Christian Walters
• Inventors: Walters, Chad C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,011,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 242/597.800
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/38 the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge A47K10/36 and A47K10/46 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3233 Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3246 Locking mechanisms for the housing

Abstract

An inventive toilet paper dispenser includes a dispenser body and an opening. A door is connected to the body and can selectively open and close the opening. A toilet paper roll holder is connected to the door and extends into the holder when the door is closed. A flange portion and a movable member extend from the body. As the body is advanced into a hole in a wall until the flange portion contacts the outside surface of the wall the member impinge into the wall.

Claims

1. A toilet paper dispenser comprising:

a dispenser body having an opening;

a door connected to the body to selectably open and close the opening;

a toilet paper roll holder connected to the door, the holder extending into the dispenser when the door closes the opening;

a flange portion extending from the body; and

rib means for cutting into a wall as the body is advanced into a hole in the wall.

2. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein a hinge connects the door and the body;

and further comprising;

a recess formed in the dispenser;

a latch disposed within the recess, the latch engageable with the dispenser to secure the door in a position substantially covering the opening, the latch positioned to be accessible from within the recess.

3. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the flange and the body comprise a unitary piece.

4. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein upon the flange member contacting the outside surface of the wall the flange member extends out from the outside surface of the wall a distance of at least about 1.1 inches.

5. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the body and the rib means comprise a unitary piece.

6. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the rib means extends from the body in the direction of the flange a distance not greater than distance of the flange.

7. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the dispenser further comprises means for maintaining the holder in the hole in the wall and means for transporting the roll holder in and out of the dispenser.

8. The dispenser of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of rib means for cutting into a wall, and wherein the dispenser body further comprises a top surface a bottom surface a first side surface and a second side surface, said plurality of rib means disposed about the dispenser body such that at least a first one of the plurality of rib means extends from a top surface of the dispenser body, at least a second one of the plurality of rib means extends from a bottom surface of the dispenser body, at least a third one of the plurality of rib means extends from the first side surface, and at least a fourth one of the plurality of rib means extends from the second side surface.

9. A toilet paper dispenser comprising:

a container adapted to receive a roll of toilet paper, the container having an opening, a cover connected to the container to open and close about the opening, a first diameter portion, and a second diameter portion having a greater diameter than the first diameter portion;

a fixture connected to the cover, the fixture adapted to receive a roll of toilet paper;

a plurality of rib members connected to the first diameter portion, the members impinging into the wall upon the first diameter portion being inserted into an opening in a wall, the dispenser extending into the wall a maximum distance not more than about four inches, upon the second diameter portion contacting the exterior surface of the wall.

10. The dispenser of claim 9 wherein, upon the toilet paper roll being received by the fixture the toilet paper is contained in the container when the cover is closed and moved out of the container when the cover is open.

11. The dispenser of claim 9 wherein the second diameter portion comprises at least one flange surface.

12. The dispenser of claim 11 wherein the flange surface comprises an extremity of the second diameter portion.

13. The dispenser of claim 9 wherein a portion of the cover is curved outward from the opening when the cover closes about the opening.

14. The dispenser of claim 9 wherein the fixture extends into the wall a distance not greater than that of the interior of a standardized wall construction.

20. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 9 wherein the plurality of rib members comprise rib means for impinging into the wall.

21. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 20 further comprising:

a recess formed in the dispenser;

a latch disposed within the recess, the latch engageable with the dispenser to secure the cover in a position substantially covering the opening, the latch positioned to be accessible from within the recess.

15. A toilet paper dispenser comprising:

a container including an opening, a front portion and a rear portion, the rear portion having a lesser circumference than the front portion sufficient to allow the rear portion to be inserted into a hole in a wall but prevent the front portion being inserted into the hole;

a door positioned to cover the opening in a closed position and displaceable to travel outward from the opening; and

a toilet paper roll mounting member connected to the door, the mounting member adapted to receive a roll of toilet paper;

wherein, the rear portion extends from the front portion to a terminus over a distance not greater than that of a standardized wall construction.

16. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 15 further comprising a plurality of retaining members extending from the container, the members positioned such that when the rear portion is inserted into the hole in the wall and the front portion contacts the exterior surface of the wall the members impinge into the wall to maintain the dispenser in position relative to the wall.

17. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 16 wherein the front portion comprises a flange.

18. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 16 wherein the door is hinged to the dispenser.

19. The toiler paper dispenser of claim 16 wherein when the mounting member receives a roll of toilet paper and the door is in the closed position the toilet paper extends from a position exterior to the wall to a position interior to the wall.

22. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 15 further comprising:

a plurality of rib means for cutting into a wall as the rear portion is inserted into the hole in a wall.

23. The toilet paper dispenser of claim 22 further comprising:

a recess formed in the dispenser;

a latch disposed within the recess, the latch engageable with the dispenser to secure the door in a position substantially covering the opening, the latch positioned to be accessible from within the recess.