Patent ID: 8002113

Claim:
A dispenser for dispensing items attached to a roll of carrier strip wound on a core member, said dispenser comprising: a container for housing said roll of carrier strip; a core holder housed within said container, said core holder adapted for holding said core member around which the carrier strip is wound; said core holder having at least two speed bumps, a first speed bump comprising a protrusion extending radially outwardly from a surface of said core holder to provide friction to an inner surface of the core member when said core member rotates during dispensing of the carrier strip, said first speed bump is deformable radially inwardly; and said core holder having a second speed bump that is deformed radially inwardly to reduce an extent of the deformed second speed bump, and said radially inwardly deformed second speed bump remains deformed inwardly when the roll of carrier strip and the core member are removed from said core holder.