Lock tight rolled paper dispenser

• US 6,402,085 B1
• Filed: 08/02/2001
• Issued: 06/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smith, Tony A.
• Original Assignee: Smith, Tony A.
• Inventors: Smith, Tony A.
• Primary Examiner(s): RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ
• Application Number:
  US09/920,116
• Time in Patent Office: 313 Days
• Field of Search: 242/578, 242/578.2, 242/598, 242/598.1, 242/598.3, 242/598.4, 242/599, 242/599.1, 242/599.2, 242/599.3, 242/596, 242/596.4, 242/596.7, 242/596.8, 242/592
• US Class Current: 242/578
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/40 with extensible or collapsible roll supports or roll spindles

Abstract

An adjustable width rolled paper dispenser having a central adjustable locking rod captured between a pair of adjustable side brackets contained in the mounting base, the side brackets having locking channels to capture and secure the slotted ends of the adjustable locking rod, preventing the displacement of the adjustable locking rod from the side brackets when dispensing a segment of the rolled paper.

Claims

1. An adjustable width secure rolled paper dispenser for stable holding of a rolled paper product, the invention comprising:

a. an adjustable locking rod having a first slotted end and a second slotted end;

b. a pair of adjustable side brackets having locking channel clips to capture and secure the first slotted end and the second slotted end of the adjustable locking rod; and

c. a mounting base within which the adjustable side brackets are slidably and lockingly engaged, wherein the adjustable locking rod is inserted through a hollow tube of the rolled paper product prior to attachment of the adjustable locking rod to the adjustable side brackets, holding the rolled paper product in such manner as to prevent the unintentional displacement of the adjustable locking rod from the adjustable side brackets when dispensing a sheet of paper from the rolled paper product.

2. The device, as disclosed in claim 1, further comprising:

a. the mounting base is relatively flat, having a front surface, a rear surface, a length and a longitudinal slot within a portion of the length, the longitudinal slot open from the front surface to the rear surface installing the rear surface against a flat surface and with the front surface facing away from such flat surface;

b. the adjustable locking rod is cylindrical and has a first rod having the first slotted end and an insertion end, a second rod having the second slotted end and a receiving end, the receiving end accepting the insertion end in a slidable engagement, such second rod having an inner hollow portion having a base end, corresponding to the second slotted end, the inner hollow portion containing a spring coil which rests against the base end pushing against the insertion end of the first rod, acting to force the first rod away from the second rod

c. the first slotted end and the second slotted end include respective recessed grooves which engaging the locking channel clips in the adjustable side brackets;

d. each of the pair of adjustable side brackets includes a locking base flange having a locking means to lock the base flange within the longitudinal slot on the front surface of the mounting base, each adjustable side bracket also includes a side flange, having an outer surface and a inner surface, the locking channel clip located on the inner surface, wherein the side flanges are positioned with the inner surfaces facing each other when secured within the mounting base; and

e. the locking channel clips include a vertically oriented rod channel having an upper end within which are located a pair of locking fingers, the rod channel having a width allowing the recessed grooves on the first slotted end and the second slotted end of the adjustable locking rod to fit within the rod channel, but such width not so much as to allow any other portion of the adjustable locking rod to enter such rod channel, such locking fingers resilient allowing a forcible passage of the recessed grooves into and out of the rod channels thus requiring a direct and applied force to engage and disengage the adjustable locking rod from the rod channel.