Bathroom shelf

• US 5,623,880 A
• Filed: 05/13/1995
• Issued: 04/29/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles H. Kuntz
• Original Assignee: Charles H. Kuntz
• Inventors: Kuntz, Charles H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US08/448,229
• Time in Patent Office: 717 Days
• Field of Search: 108/42, 108/47, 108/50, 108/90, 108/28, 108/29, 108/30, 108/16, 248/214, 242/598.1, 242/598.3, 242/599.1, 242/598.5, 211/90, 211/86
• US Class Current: 108/42
• 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 10/40 with extensible or collapsible roll supports or roll spindles
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/389 Accessories or combination with other devices, e.g. music boxes, clocks, heating devices or shelfs

Abstract

A positive action, self-leveling rear-tilting, centrally threadably, finger adjustable, stably positioned bathroom shelf, universally adjustable to fit most toilet tissue mounting rolls, which is mounted to straddle the mounting roll for a roll of toilet tissue. Arcuately-shaped lower surface portions of left and right vertical shelf mounting members are made to straddle outer portions of respective left and right side portions of the tissue mounting roll by finger adjustment(s) of the centrally positioned adjusting knob, e.g., using the thumb and index fingers.

Claims

1. A bathroom shelf apparatus universally adjustable to fit most toilet tissue mounting rolls comprising a bathroom shelf having a positive self-leveling rear tilt positioning it stably against a bathroom wall in the vicinity of a commode, paid tilt comprising vertical mounting members, each having arcuate lower surfaces and being mounted on a threaded axle having counter-clockwise and clockwise threads, and an adjusting knob centrally located on said axle between said vertical mounting members providing lateral adjustment thereof responsive to finger pressure to cause alignment, centering and maintaining of said arcuate lower surfaces on outer portions of most toilet tissue mounting rolls.

2. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said arcuate lower surfaces are concave.

3. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said shelf has a top portion, back portion and vertical shelf support portions.

4. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said shelf top, back and vertical shelf support portions are either integral or separate wood or plastic components.

5. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 4 wherein said shelf top, back and vertical shelf support portions are plastic provided with exterior surfaces having the grain and appearance of wood.

6. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said shelf top, back and vertical shelf support portions are separate components secured together.

7. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said separate components are wood.

8. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said separate components are plastic.

9. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said adjusting knob is splined.

10. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 9 wherein said shelf top has a long axis and said splines are parallel to the shelf top long axis.

11. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said threaded axle has ends which are mounted within partial openings in said vertical shelf support portions.

12. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 11 wherein said partial openings are located within inwardly facing surfaces of said vertical support portions.

13. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 12 wherein a coil spring is located between one end of said threaded axle and its partial opening in one of said vertical shelf support portions.

14. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 13 wherein each vertical mounting member has a sleeve at its upper portion, each such sleeve having an opening through which an end of said threaded axle passes.

15. A bathroom shelf apparatus as in claim 12 wherein said inwardly facing surfaces include a left partial opening and a right partial opening and said left partial opening is deeper within its vertical shelf support than is said right partial opening.