Patent ID: 7124976

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a roll located on a core, comprising: a base having a base support surface and a base engaging surface; a shaft secured to said base for extending through the core of the roll of the sheet material; said shaft comprises a shaft bore defined in said shaft for slidably receiving said slider; a handle having a stop engaging surface; a slider for slidably mounting said handle to said shaft; said slider comprising a rod extending between a first and a second end; said first end of said rod having a rod slider and with said second end of said rod having a rod attachment; a retainer secured to said shaft having a retainer orifice for slidably receiving said rod with said rod slider slidably engaging said shaft bore and with said rod attachment extending outward from said shaft bore for attaching handle said handle to said rod; said retainer orifice and said rod slider being keyed for preventing rotation between said rod slider and said shaft; said rod slider being enlarged relative to said retainer orifice for inhibiting removal of said slider rod from said shaft; a first and a second magnet secured respectively to said shaft and said handle for providing a repelling magnetic force therebetween; said repelling magnetic force spacing said stop surface of said handle from the roll of the sheet material for enabling the roll of the sheet material to rotated about said shaft to dispense sheet material from the roll; said handle enabling an operator to slide said stop engaging surface against the roll of the sheet material for inhibiting rotation of the sheet material about said shaft to tear the dispensed sheet material from the roll.