Concealable toilet paper spindle and method of use

• US 9,307,875 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2013
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chad Clarkin
• Original Assignee: Chad Clarkin
• Inventors: Clarkin, Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ
• Application Number:
  US14/067,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20140131506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 242/597, 242/597.7, 242/597.8, 242/598.5, 242/598.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/09 Holders for drinking glasses, tooth brushes, hair brushes, or the like
• 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 10/3836 with roll spindles which are supported at one side
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 17/00 Other equipment , e.g. separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning devices without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers; Holders for toilet brushesportable urinating aids A61F5/4556; devices for receiving spittle A61J19/00 ; disinfecting apparatus for medical, surgical or hygienic purposes A61L; cleaning devices with flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers E03D9/00; for emptying or cleaning chamber-pots, bed pans, bed urinals or the like E03D11/025
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3233 Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/281 Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/08 Built-in cupboards; Masks of niches; Covers of holes enabling access to installations inspection openings in bathtub aprons A47K3/1615; covers for electrical distribution boxes H02G3/14; movable ceiling parts E04B9/003; removable wall partitions E04B2/74; clean-out doors of chimneys F23J

Abstract

A concealable waste paper holder for dispensing waste paper from a waste paper roll includes a frame mountable to a wall; a door rotatably mounted to the frame about a door rotational axis between an open position where the waste paper roll is accessible and a closed position where the door is substantially parallel with the wall and conceals the waste paper roll; a spindle for rotationally receiving the waste paper roll about a spindle axis and dispensing the waste paper from the waste paper roll there when the door is is the open position, the spindle carried by the door for rotation with the door, and wherein the spindle axis and the door rotational axis are parallel.

Claims

1. A concealable waste paper holder for dispensing waste paper from a waste paper roll, comprising:

a frame mountable to a wall;

a door rotatably mounted to the frame about a door rotational axis between an open position where the waste paper roll is accessible and a closed position where the door is substantially parallel with the wall and conceals the waste paper roll;

a spindle for rotationally receiving the waste paper roll about a spindle axis and dispensing the waste paper from the waste paper roll there when the door is the open position, the spindle carried by the door for rotation with the door,

wherein the spindle axis and the door rotational axis are parallel,

wherein the concealable waste paper holder includes a door rotation mechanism including an axle that rotates with the door, a roll pin perpendicularly disposed relative to the axle and rotating with the axle, and a roll pin engagement surface that the roll pin slidably engages, the roll pin engagement surface including a groove that the roll pin engages, forming a stop for rotation of the door in the closed position and the open position.

2. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the concealable waste paper holder is a concealable toilet paper holder for dispensing toilet paper from a toilet paper roll.

3. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the concealable waste paper holder is a concealable paper towel holder for dispensing paper towel from a paper towel roll.

4. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, further including a horizontally disposed platform and the spindle is a vertically disposed spindle that is coupled only with the horizontally disposed platform and extends vertically upwardly from the horizontally disposed platform.

5. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 4, wherein the platform includes a substantial center of the platform that the spindle extends vertically upwardly from.

6. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the door rotates about the door rotational axis when a user pushes in on the door at a lateral location offset from the door rotational axis.

7. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the door rotation mechanism includes a spring that urges at least one of the roll pin and the engagement surface together.

8. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the axle of the door rotation mechanism is vertical.

9. The concealable waste paper holder of claim 1, wherein the axle of the door rotation mechanism is horizontal.

10. A concealable holder for selectively concealing and accessing one or more objects, comprising:

a frame mountable to a wall;

a door rotatably mounted to the frame about a door rotational axis between an open position where the one or more objects are accessible and a closed position where the door is substantially parallel with the wall and conceals the one or more objects;

a holder including one or more sections for holding the one or more objects;

a spindle carried by the door for rotation with the door,

wherein the concealable holder includes a door rotation mechanism including an axle that rotates with the door, a roll in perpendicularly disposed relative to the axle and rotating with the axle, and a roll pin engagement surface that the roll pin slidably engages, the roll pin engagement surface including a groove that the roll pin engages, forming a stop for rotation of the door in the closed position and the open position.

11. The concealable holder of claim 10, wherein the door rotational axis is vertical.

12. The concealable holder of claim 10, further including a horizontally disposed platform and the spindle is a vertically disposed spindle that is coupled only with the horizontally disposed platform and extends vertically upwardly from the horizontally disposed platform, and the platform includes a substantial center of the platform that the spindle extends vertically upwardly from.

13. The concealable holder of claim 10, wherein the door rotates about the door rotational axis when a user pushes in on the door at a lateral location offset from the door rotational axis.

14. The concealable holder of claim 10, wherein the door rotation mechanism includes a spring that urges at least one of the roll pin and the engagement surface together.