Patent ID: 7461810

Claim:
A gravity-feed tissue roll dispenser for a plurality of tissue rolls comprising: (a) a housing with a dispensing opening for allowing access to tissue contained in the dispenser; (b) a supply turret with a plurality of spindles for mounting a plurality of tissue rolls for dispensing; (c) means for rotatably mounting the supply turret in the housing; (d) stop means adapted for securing a loaded spindle in a dispensing position, the stop means being responsive to depletion of the loaded spindle so as to allow rotation of the turret upon depletion of a roll of tissue mounted thereabout; and (e) a plurality of sequestering members mounted on the turret in such a manner as to move with the turret and relative to the housing, each sequestering member being associated with a respective one of the spindles, each sequestering member being adapted to cooperate with the housing in order to hinder access to a tissue roll on its associated spindle until the spindle is in the dispensing position.