Decorative toilet tissue enclosure

• US 4,089,481 A
• Filed: 11/26/1976
• Issued: 05/16/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard W. Ciuci
• Original Assignee: Richard W. Ciuci
• Inventors: Ciuci, Richard W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mautz, George F.
• Application Number:
  US05/745,102
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• Field of Search: 242/55.53, 242/55.2, 242/55.3, 242/55.55, 242/55.42, 242/68, 312/39
• US Class Current: 242/564.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/40 with extensible or collapsible roll supports or roll spindles

Abstract

An enclosure adapted to be mounted in a standard toilet tissue support of predetermined dimensions and receive a standard toilet tissue roll therein.

Claims

1. A toilet tissue roll receiving enclosure mountable in a toilet tissue support including in combination a hollow container formed with an open end, an end wall providing a closed end, an outer cylindrical wall, a hollow cylinder projecting from said end wall concentrically with said outer wall, said hollow cylinder having an outside dimension less than the inside dimension of said toilet tissue roll so that said toilet tissue roll can be received therein within said outer wall, an enclosure cover receivable on said outer cylindrical wall for closing said container, a central mounting aperture in said end wall, a first mounting pin within said hollow cylindrical and projecting through said aperture, an abutting surface of said enclosure cover, spring means disposed between said abutting surface and said first mounting pin yieldingly urging said first mounting pin through said aperture, a second mounting pin projecting from said cover whereby said first and second mounting pins can be received in said toilet tissue support to mount said enclosure, an opening slot in said outer wall for receipt of toilet tissue from within said container, said second mounting pin being threaded and received within a threaded insert in said cover whereby the distance from said second mounting pin projects from said cover is adjustable by screw adjustment, said second mounting pin having a flange grip for screw adjustment thereof and said cover having a flange receiving well.

2. A toilet tissue roll receiving enclosure in accordance with claim 1 in which said cover has a circumferential skirt and said outer cylindrical wall is furnished with a peripheral bead for cooperation with said skirt to provide a snap fit of said cover on said outer wall.

3. A toilet tissue roll receiving enclosure in accordance with claim 1 in which a feed drive roll and a feed idler roll are supported on either side of said opening slot for feeding said paper therethrough.

4. A toilet tissue roll receiving enclosure in accordance with claim 3 in which said end wall and said cover are provided respectively with first and second feed roll end supports and the ends of said drive rolls are rotatably supported thereby.