Width changeable paper towel holder

• US 5,662,288 A
• Filed: 07/06/1995
• Issued: 09/02/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Chiang, Mei-Ling
• Primary Examiner(s): Terrell, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Khoi H.
• Application Number:
  US08/498,760
• Time in Patent Office: 789 Days
• Field of Search: 242/596, 242/596.1, 242/596.7, 242/596.8
• US Class Current: 242/596.8
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/38 the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge A47K10/36 and A47K10/46 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a width changeable paper towel holder designed for presently available paper towels of different specifications. The towel holder has a fixed plate, a pair of pull-out plates and a pair of arm plates wherein the fixed plate is secured to a wall surface or any other fixed object, the pair of the pull-out plates, each on either side, being slidably received between an upper and a lower grooved rails provided on the fixed plate. An arm plate pivoted to the end of each of the pull-out plates can be resiliently retained in a locating hole on one or the other end of an elongate slot by means of a locating button such that the pull-out plates can be positioned when being pulled out or pushed in, thereby to provide two different widths between the arm plates for loading paper towels of different specifications.

Claims

1. A width changeable paper towel holder comprising a fixed plate, a pair of pull-out plates and a pair of supporting arm plates characterized in that:

the fixed plate is an elongated plate body, the upper and lower sides thereof being each provided with an opposed grooved rail, the elongated plate body being provided on the four corners with four resilient buttons;

the pull-out plates include an inner plate and an outer plate, the inner plate being provided on the upper and lower edges with flanges and on the back side with recessed slots, said recessed slots are provided on both ends with recessed retaining holes and the outer plate being provided on the side ends with a pivotal connecting mechanism;

the supporting arm plates are each provided at one end with a pivotal portion for pivotal connection to the pivotal connecting mechanism of the outer plate, the inner side of the other end being provided with a fitting tube;

wherein the pull-out plates can be each inserted from the sides of the fixed plate by fitting the flanges of the inner plates into the grooved rails on the fixed plate so as to move between a first retained position where the four resilient buttons of the fixed plate are retained in the retaining holes close to the outer side in the upper and lower slots on the inner plates and a second retained position where the four resilient buttons of the fixed plate are retained in the retaining holes close to the inner side in the upper and lower slots on the inner plates.

2. The width changeable paper towel holder according to claim 1 wherein said flanges of the inner plates have step shaped end faces such that the inner plates can be inserted into the fixed plate by fitting the flanges into the grooved rails of the fixed plate.