Patent ID: 8550395

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing elongated material from a roll of material, comprising: a first spool of elongated material having a trailing end portion and a first obstacle element secured to its trailing end portion; a second spool of elongated material having a leading end portion and a first catching mechanism secured to the leading end portion, the second spool also having a trailing end portion with a second obstacle element secured to its trailing end portion; a third spool of elongated material having a leading end portion and a second catching mechanism secured to its leading end portion; and a support member configured to at least partially support the leading end portions of both the second and third spools while the first and second catching mechanisms at least partially surround at least a portion of the elongate materials from the first and second spools, respectively, wherein the first obstacle element is sized to engage the first catching mechanism when the first obstacle element and the first catching mechanism are brought into contact with each other, and the second obstacle element is sized to engage the second catching mechanism when the second obstacle element and the second catching mechanism are brought into contact with each other to provide a continuous feed of elongate material from the first, second, and third spools.