Patent ID: 6390410
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A47K,B65H

Abstract:
A paper roll holder for rotatably supporting a paper towel roll having a core with open ends, the holder comprising:a support structure having first and second attachment portions biased toward one another; and two hubs insertable into the core of the paper towel roll for holding the paper towel roll, each hub rotatably coupled to an associated attachment portion of the support structure, each hub having a body having an axis, a circular end wall having an outer perimeter, and a resilient compressible sidewall angularly projecting away from the perimeter of the endwall, the sidewall having a first end adjacent the endwall having a minimum at rest diameter and a second end away from the endwall having a maximum at rest diameter, the second end of the sidewall being radially compressible from the at rest position to a plurality of smaller diameters, wherein the first ends of the sidewalls of the hubs are separated by a first distance and the second ends of the sidewalls hubs are separated by a second distance which is greater than the first distance, whereby the hub is insertable endwall first into the open end of a plurality of differently sized cores.