Patent Publication Number: US-9408504-B1

Title: Toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Various types of toilet paper dispensers are known in the prior art. However, what has been needed is a toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf including a cabinet having a right side, a left side, a back side, a top side, a bottom side, a continuous front surface, an interior compartment, and a hinged front door. What has been further needed is for each of a right slot of a pair of slots and a left slot of a pair of slots to be horizontally disposed within an interior surface of the right side of the cabinet and the left side of the cabinet, respectively. A right edge of a shelf and a left edge of a shelf are removably and slidably engageable within the right slot and the left slot, respectively. Lastly, what has been needed is for each of a pair of apertures to be disposed within the interior surface of each of the right side of the cabinet and the left side of the cabinet. A toilet paper roller is removably suspendable between the pair of apertures, and a plurality of toilet paper rolls is vertically stackable within the interior compartment of the cabinet atop the shelf. Unlike other toilet paper dispensers, the toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf can be flush mounted within the bathroom wall to maximize storage space within a bathroom. Additionally, the toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf enhances hygiene, since the plurality of toilet paper rolls are stored within an enclosed structure that protects them from dust, hair, and other pollutants typically found within the bathroom. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to toilet paper dispensers, and more particularly, to a toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the present toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a toilet paper dispenser which has many novel features that result in a flush mounted storage cabinet which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof. 
     To accomplish this, the present toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf includes a cabinet having a right side, a left side, a back side, a top side, a bottom side, a continuous front surface, an interior compartment and a hinged front door having an outer surface, an inner surface, a right surface, a left surface, a bottom surface, and a handle disposed on the outer surface proximal the left surface. A width of the cabinet optionally substantially conforms to a distance between a pair of adjacent wall studs in a bathroom wall, with the cabinet flush mountable between the pair of adjacent wall studs such that the front door of the cabinet is flush with the bathroom wall. Each of the right side and the left side has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The front door is vertically extended from the top side of the cabinet to approximately three-quarters of a length of the cabinet. A magnetic locking device has a first magnetic lock and a second magnetic lock. The first magnetic lock is disposed on the inner surface of the front door of the cabinet proximal the left surface, and the second magnetic lock is medially disposed on the cabinet front surface. The first magnetic lock is removably attachable to the second magnetic lock when the front door of the cabinet is in a closed position. 
     The toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf further includes a pair of slots. The pair of slots includes a right slot and a left slot. The right slot is continuously and horizontally disposed within the interior surface of the right side of the cabinet adjacent to and underneath the bottom surface of the front door of the cabinet from the front surface of the cabinet to the back side of the cabinet. The left slot is continuously disposed within the interior surface of the left side of the cabinet adjacent to and underneath the bottom surface of the front door of the cabinet from the front surface of the cabinet to the back side of the cabinet. A width of each of the right slot and the left slot is approximately one-half of a thickness of each of the right side of the cabinet and the left side of the cabinet. A shelf has a right edge, a left edge, a front edge, and an upwardly curved lip continuously disposed along the front edge. The curved lip of the shelf prevents a plurality of toilet paper rolls from rolling out of the cabinet while a user is vertically stacking them within the cabinet. The right edge and the left edge are removably and slidably engageable within the right slot and the left slot, respectively, such that the shelf is removably disposed within the interior compartment of the cabinet. A length of each of the right edge of the shelf and the left edge of the shelf substantially conforms to a width of each of the right side of the cabinet and the left side of the cabinet. A length of the shelf from the right edge of the shelf to the left edge of the shelf substantially conforms to a width of the interior compartment of the cabinet. 
     A right aperture of a pair of circular apertures is disposed within the interior surface of the right side of the cabinet underneath the right slot, and a left aperture of the pair of circular apertures is disposed within the interior surface of the left side of the cabinet underneath the left slot. The right aperture is collinearly disposed with the left aperture. A substantially cylindrical toilet paper roller is removably suspendable between the pair of apertures. A plurality of toilet paper rolls is vertically stackable within the interior compartment of the cabinet atop the shelf. The shelf is configured to be slidably removed from within the interior compartment of the cabinet in order to allow one of the plurality of toilet paper rolls to drop below the shelf so that the user may slide the one of the plurality of toilet paper rolls onto the toilet paper roller for use. 
     Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
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         FIG. 1  is a front isometric view. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded view. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view. 
         FIG. 4  is a side elevation view. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, an example of the instant toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf employing the principles and concepts of the present toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf and generally designated by the reference number  10  will be described. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4  the present toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf  10  is illustrated. The toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf  10  includes a cabinet  20  having a rectangular right side  22 , a rectangular left side  24 , a back side  26 , a top side  28 , a bottom side  30 , a continuous front surface  32 , an interior compartment  34  and a hinged front door  36  having an outer surface  38 , an inner surface  40 , a right surface  42 , a left surface  44 , a bottom surface  46 , and a handle  48  disposed on the outer surface  38  proximal the left surface  44 . A width of the cabinet  20  optionally substantially conforms to a distance between a pair of adjacent wall studs  21  in a bathroom wall  23 , with the cabinet  20  flush mountable between the pair of adjacent wall studs  21  such that the front door  36  of the cabinet  20  is flush with a bathroom wall. Each of the right side  22  and the left side  24  has an exterior surface  50  and an interior surface  52 . The front door  36  is vertically extended from the top side  28  of the cabinet  20  to approximately three-quarters of a length of the cabinet  20 . A magnetic locking device  54  has a first magnetic lock  56  and a second magnetic lock  58 . The first magnetic lock  56  is disposed on the inner surface  40  of the front door  36  of the cabinet  20  proximal the left surface  44 , and the second magnetic lock  58  is medially disposed on the front surface  32  of the cabinet  20 . The first magnetic lock  56  is removably attachable to the second magnetic lock  58  when the front door  36  of the cabinet  20  is in a closed position. 
     The toilet paper dispenser with a slidable shelf  10  further includes a pair of slots  60 . The pair of slots  60  includes a right slot  62  and a left slot  64 . The right slot  62  is continuously and horizontally disposed within the interior surface  52  of the right side  22  of the cabinet  20  adjacent to and underneath the bottom surface  46  of the front door  36  of the cabinet  20  from the front surface  32  of the cabinet  20  to the back side  26  of the cabinet  20 . The left slot  64  is continuously disposed within the interior surface  52  of the left side  24  of the cabinet  20  adjacent to and underneath the bottom surface  46  of the front door  36  of the cabinet  20  from the front surface  32  of the cabinet  20  to the back side  26  of the cabinet  20 . A width of each of the right slot  62  and the left slot  64  is approximately one-half of a thickness of each of the right side  22  of the cabinet  20  and the left side  24  of the cabinet  20 . A shelf  66  has a right edge  68 , a left edge  70 , a front edge  72 , and an upwardly curved lip  74  continuously disposed along the front edge  72 . The right edge  68  and the left edge  70  are removably and slidably engageable within the right slot  62  and the left slot  64 , respectively, such that the shelf  66  is removably disposed within the interior compartment  34  of the cabinet  20 . A length of each of the right edge  68  of the shelf  66  and the left edge  70  of the shelf  66  substantially conforms to a width of each of the right side  22  of the cabinet  20  and the left side  24  of the cabinet  20 . A length of the shelf  66  from the right edge  68  of the shelf  66  to the left edge  70  of the shelf  66  substantially conforms to a width of the interior compartment  34  of the cabinet  20 . 
     A right aperture  76  of a pair of circular apertures  78  is disposed within the interior surface  52  of the right side  22  of the cabinet  20  underneath the right slot  62 , and a left aperture  80  of the pair of circular apertures  78  is disposed within the interior surface  52  of the left side  24  of the cabinet  20  underneath the left slot  64 . The right aperture  76  is collinearly disposed with the left aperture  78 . A substantially cylindrical toilet paper roller  82  is removably suspendable between the pair of apertures  78 . A plurality of toilet paper rolls  84  is vertically stackable within the interior compartment  34  of the cabinet  20  atop the shelf  66 .