Patent ID: 7178691
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet paper roll dispenser comprising: a container having an upper portion and a lower portion for containing a stack of toilet paper rolls; an opening in the lower portion through which the lowermost toilet paper roll in the stack is extracted; an access door pivotally connected to the container to move between a closed position to close the opening and an open position to expose the opening and extract the lowermost toilet paper roll of the stack; an extendable strap connected at one end to the access door; a track mechanism slidably connecting the other end of the extendable strap to the container such that when the access door is moved from the closed position to the open position the strap slides in the track mechanism to an extended position so as to be positioned to support the toilet paper roll above the lowermost toilet paper roll thereby holding the stack in place while the access door extracts the lowermost toilet paper roll and when the access door is moved from the open position to the closed position the extendable strap slides into the track mechanism to a retracted position so that the next toilet paper roll drops by gravity onto the base of the access door into position to be extracted by movement of the access door from the closed position to the open position.