Patent ID: 7347395

Claim:
An assembly for containing, protecting and dispensing flexible items to be used in garages, comprising: a box including a plurality of interconnected flexible items, said flexible items being wound up to form a roll having an axially extending hollow interior, a plurality of front walls and at least one contacting area, said contacting area being designed and arranged to secure said box against rotation, said front walls at least partly being made of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard and corrugated board, each of said front walls being designed to include a receiving element selected from the group consisting of an opening, a marker, a weakening, a carving, a perforation and a fold, said receiving elements being designed and arranged to be approximately centered with respect to said front walls, said receiving elements being designed and arranged to be axially aligned with respect to each other, said receiving elements being designed and arranged to receive an axle to be passed through said receiving elements and through said roll in a dispensing position of said box; and a holding device, said holding device being designed and arranged to suspend said box in a dispensing position, said holding device including an axle to be passed through said roll in the dispensing position, said holding device including a plurality of side arms, said side arms being designed and arranged to surround said front walls of said box, said side arms being orientated approximately perpendicular with respect to said axle, each of said side arms including at least one guideway, said guideways being designed and arranged to receive said axle, said guideways at least partly being inclined with respect to a vertical axis at an angle of more than 0° and less than 90° such that said roll is supported by both said contacting area of said box and by said axle.