Patent ID: 7578387
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A consumer tote for a roll of printed material, the tote comprising: an exterior having an access flap, a pair of core access openings and, when the access flap is closed, a gap between the access flap and an adjacent edge of the exterior; an interior for rotatably locating a core in alignment with the core access openings; inward facing hubs for engaging interiors of respective ends of the core, each hub being surrounded by a bearing surface in contact with an inside bottom surface and side walls of the interior for rotatably locating the core in the interior; a coupling attached to the end of the core adjacent to at least one of the core access openings, the coupling being arranged to engage a driving spindle through at least one of the core access openings that rotates the core for feeding of the roll onto the core via the gap; and a handle on the exterior formed by two handle portions which fold from respective positions on either side of the gap to a cooperating position in which openings in each handle portion align to form a grip.