Portable toilet paper caddy

• US 6,068,118 A
• Filed: 09/17/1999
• Issued: 05/30/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ruby Jewell Calloway
• Original Assignee: Ruby Jewell Calloway
• Inventors: Calloway, Ruby Jewell
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSTER, JIMMY G
• Application Number:
  US09/398,853
• Time in Patent Office: 256 Days
• Field of Search: 206/225, 206/233, 206/581, 206/216, 206/390, 242/156, 242/422, 242/565, 362/154, 362/156, 362/253
• US Class Current: 206/233
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 15/00 Purses, bags, luggage or other receptacles covered by groups A45C1/00 - A45C11/00, combined with other objects or articles A45C1/08, A45C3/14, A45C11/321, A45C13/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/40 with extensible or collapsible roll supports or roll spindles

Abstract

A toilet paper caddy, for storing, transporting, and dispensing toilet paper from standard toilet paper rolls having a continuous length of toilet paper divided into sheets that are separated by perforations, comprising a main housing having a top and a bottom, wherein a front panel is hingeably connected to the bottom. A toilet paper dispenser is located within the main housing, for dispensing toilet paper from the toilet paper roll. The dispenser has a limiting device for limiting the amount of toilet paper dispensed with each pull. A flashlight is provided within the main housing, which is usable in conjunction with the main housing, or may be detached for independent use therefrom. A radio having radio controls and a clock having a clock face are also provided and situated wherein the clock face and radio controls are usable through the front panel.

Claims

1. A toilet paper caddy, for storing, transporting, and dispensing toilet paper from standard toilet paper rolls having a continuous length of toilet paper divided into sheets which are separated by perforations, comprising:

a main housing having a top, a bottom, and a front panel hingeably attached to the bottom;

an inner housing, located inside the main housing, the inner housing having an inner housing front which is covered when the front panel is closed, and is revealed when the front panel is opened, said inner housing further having a flashlight recess;

a flashlight, detachably mounted within the flashlight recess, having a flashlight switch and a flashlight lens, wherein the main housing has a beam aperture, wherein the flashlight switch extends nearly flush with the inner housing front and the lens is directed at the beam aperture when the flashlight is mounted in the flashlight recess, and wherein the front panel has a flashlight switch opening which allows the flashlight to be operated when the front panel is closed wherein light from the flashlight lens is directed through the beam aperture;

a toilet paper dispenser having a bar upon which the toilet paper roll is mounted;

a handle mounted to the top; and

wherein the front panel is selectively in an open position wherein access is provided to the toilet paper roll, and a closed position wherein the toilet paper roll is covered and concealed.

2. The toilet paper caddy as recited in claim 1, further comprising a clock having a clock face, the clock face located in the inner housing front, wherein the front panel has a clock face opening so that the clock face can be viewed through the front panel when the front panel is in the closed position.

3. The toilet paper caddy as recited in claim 2, further comprising a radio having radio controls, the radio controls located in the inner housing front, wherein the front panel has radio control openings so that the radio controls can be operated through the front panel when the front panel is in the closed position.