Patent ID: 7090106

Claim:
An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments, or a paper sheet segment, from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines comprising: a base operable for attachment to a support surface; a support connected to said base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end with transverse serration lines and permitting unreeling of paper sheet segments from the roll; and a frictional gripping member operably connected to said base, said frictional gripping member extending transversely across the roll of paper sheet segments and having, in cross section, at least one arcuate inner shape and an outer surface having an enhanced friction surface wherein unreeling a desired number of paper sheet segments may be achieved with one hand and tearing of the desired number of sheet segments along a transverse serration positioned just downstream of said frictional gripping member can be facilely achieved by pulling with one hand, wherein the outer enhanced friction surface of said frictional gripping member functions to grip a surface of the paper sheet segments, and wherein said at least one arcuate inner shape comprises: a pair of mutually parallel rods longitudinally connected with an arcuate bridge, each of said rods having a generally rounded surface physically contacting an outer surface of the roll of paper sheet segments.