Patent ID: 7677490

Claim:
A dispenser used in unwinding a roll of elongated flexible material comprising: a support bracket; a central member rotatably mounted to the support bracket; and a plurality of hinged support arm assemblies attached to the central member and movable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the central member is an elongated, vertically extending element having a top end pivotally connected to the support bracket by a pin, and a bottom end provided with a series of pivot brackets fixed thereto, and wherein each hinged support arm assembly includes an upper support arm and a lower support arm, the upper support arm having an upper end pivotally attached to a guide collar that is slidably mounted along a periphery of the central member, and a lower end that is pivotally connected to an upper end of the lower support arm, the lower support arm having a lower end pivotally secured to the pivot brackets fixed on the bottom end of the central member.