Patent ID: 7694447

Claim:
A storage device for storing a roll of sheets of paper comprising: a) a housing having a roof; b) a tube having an axial bore with an open top and an obstruction extending across at least a portion of said tube to prevent a roll of sheets of paper from falling past said obstruction when positioned in said tube through said open top; said tube pivotally mounted to said housing about an axis extending approximately across a center of said tube and pivotal relative to said roof between a retracted position wherein said roof covers said open top of said tube and an extended position wherein said open top of said tube is pivoted away from said roof such that a roll of sheets of paper may be inserted into said tube; c) at least one clamp mounted on said housing and adapted to clamp said storage device to a T-post having a stem and outwardly extending cross-arms wherein said clamp comprises; d) a first clamp member and a second clamp member wherein one of said first and second clamp members includes a mounting member for mounting said clamp to said housing; said first clamp member including a first clamping surface and a first hook extending adjacent said first clamping surface; said second clamp member including a second clamping surface; and e) compression means for urging said second clamping surface toward said first clamping surface to compress said first and second clamping surfaces against a first portion of the T-post with the first hook extending around a second portion of the T-post.