Tissue dispenser

• US 5,409,181 A
• Filed: 07/26/1993
• Issued: 04/25/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John L. Patrick
• Original Assignee: John L. Patrick
• Inventors: Patrick, John L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DARLING, JOHN PATRICK
• Application Number:
  US08/097,773
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 242/55.2, 242/55.53, 242/596, 242/596.2, 242/597.5, 312/37.41, 206/390, 206/397, 206/408, 206/409, 206/812
• US Class Current: 242/596.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/3827 with a distribution opening which is parallel to the rotation axis
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/672 on cores

Abstract

A readily manufacturable dispenser for roll tissue paper enables use of the paper for general household purposes. First and second parts include longitudinally extending mandrel portions for receiving the roll of tissue that is dispensed through an orifice in the side of the dispenser. The two parts of the dispenser are locked together by an O-ring friction seal between their respective mandrel portions. Knockout tabs in the dispenser end walls enable adaptation to a conventional bathroom fixture.

Claims

1. A dispenser for a roll of tissue paper, said dispenser comprising:

a container receiving said roll of tissue paper therewithin, said container having an exit orifice through which tissue paper may be withdrawn,

said container having end sections, at least one of which is removable,

one of said end sections including a mandrel portion extending within said container for carrying said roll of tissue paper wherein said mandrel portion is hollow for receiving a bathroom fixture roller adapted to support said container and wherein said one of said end sections is provided with a removable tab in alignment with the interior of said mandrel portion to provide access for inserting said bathroom fixture roller.

2. A dispenser for a roll of tissue paper having an interior tube, said dispenser comprising:

a container for receiving said roll of tissue paper, said container including end walls and a lateral wall therebetween provided with a dispensing opening through which paper is withdrawn from said roll as said roll unwinds,

each of said end walls having a mandrel portion extending horizontally inwardly of said container in spaced relation with said lateral wall and in substantial alignment with the remaining mandrel portion at least one of the mandrel portions being smaller in outside diameter than the inside diameter of said interior tube so that said at least one of said mandrel portions is receivable substantially axially within said tube in supporting relation to said roll of tissue paper, wherein said mandrel portions normally extend in mating relation with one another within said container, one of said mandrel portions having at least a section of lesser diameter than the remaining mandrel portion for extending therewithin and wherein one of said mandrel portions is provided with friction means for engaging the remaining mandrel portion for effectively securing said mandrel portions together for thereby securing said one of said end walls to said container, wherein said friction means comprises an O-ring, and

one of said end walls together with the mandrel portion supported thereby being removable from said container to provide access to the interior of said container for placement of said roll of tissue paper within said container.

3. A dispenser for a roll of tissue paper having an interior tube, said dispenser comprising:

a container for receiving said roll of tissue paper, said container including end walls and a lateral wall therebetween provided with a dispensing opening through which paper is withdrawn from said roll as said roll unwinds,

each of said end walls having a mandrel portion extending horizontally inwardly of said container in spaced relation with said lateral wall and in substantial alignment with the remaining mandrel portion, at least one of the mandrel portions being smaller in outside diameter than the inside diameter of said interior tube so that said at least one of said mandrel portions is receivable substantially axially within said tube in supporting relation to said roll of tissue paper,

one of said end walls together with the mandrel portion supported thereby being removable from said container to provide access to the interior of said container for placement of said roll of tissue paper within said container,

wherein said mandrel portions are hollow for receiving a bathroom fixture roller for supporting said container, and wherein said end walls are provided with removable tabs in alignment with the interior of said mandrel portions to provide access for inserting said bathroom fixture roller.

4. A dispenser for a roll of tissue paper having an interior tube, said dispenser comprising:

a container for receiving said roll of tissue paper, said container including end walls and a lateral wall therebetween provided with a dispensing opening through which paper is withdrawn from said roll as said roll unwinds,

each of said end walls having a mandrel portion extending horizontally inwardly of said container in spaced relation with said lateral wall and in substantial alignment with the remaining mandrel portion, at least one of the mandrel portions being smaller in outside diameter than the inside diameter of said interior tube so that said at least one of said mandrel portions is receivable substantially axially within said tube in supporting relation to said roll of tissue paper,

one of said end walls together with the mandrel portion supported thereby being removable from said container to provide access to the interior of said container for placement of said roll of tissue paper within said container,

wherein said container is provided with a rear wall opposite said lateral wall, said rear wall comprising a curved surface adapted to be receivable within a concave bathroom fixture,

wherein said mandrel portions are hollow for receiving a roller comprising part of said bathroom fixture, and wherein said end walls are provided with removable tabs in alignment with the interior of said mandrel portions to provide access for inserting said bathroom fixture roller.