Patent ID: 8584982

Claim:
A cover apparatus for covering a rolled paper product having a roll of paper rotatably supported by a product holder attached to a surface, said cover apparatus comprising: a base member attached to the surface; a guide post having an upper end and a lower end, said guide post slidably engaged with said base member to move up and down relative to said base member; a top member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said top member attached to or integral with said guide post, said distal end of said top member extending outwardly from said guide post generally over the rolled paper product, said top member having a front area at said distal end thereof curved generally downward; a roller holder attached to or integral with at least one of said top member and said guide post so as to move said guide post up and down with said roller holder; and a roller rotatably supported by said roller holder in rotatable engagement with the rolled paper product to rotate said roller when the roll of paper rotates and to maintain said top member and the roll of paper in fixed spaced apart relation, wherein said guide post and said top member move downward with said roller when paper is removed from the roll of paper so as to substantially maintain said top member and the roll of paper in fixed spaced apart relation when paper is removed from the roll of paper.