Abstract
A multipurpose rolled tissue dispensing stand having a pair of tubular legs attached to a pair of tubular vertical rods further attached at their top ends to a horizontal rod holding a tissue dispensing unit comprised of a base plate holding a tissue dispensing orifice with a serrated edge at the front end and a handle with a lock at the back end. A tubular tissue holding rod is attached to the vertical rods and holds the rolled tissue on the stand. The handle on the base plate of the tissue dispensing unit can be unlocked and actuated to swing the base plate up when inserting the tissue roll into the tissue holding rod and actuated down to place the base plate locked over the tissue. A standard tissue dispensing box with an open bottom can be placed over the rolled tissue dispensing stand.
Claims
1. A rolled tissue dispenser stand, said rolled tissue dispenser stand comprising: a pair of tubular vertical rods, a pair of tubular legs, a tubular horizontal rod, a tubular tissue holding rod and a tissue dispenser unit structure; said pair of tubular vertical rods each having a base ends and a top end; said pair of tubular legs having a front end and a back end; said front ends of said pair of tubular legs having an angular bend; said base end of each of said tubular vertical rods attached to said back end of each of said pair of tubular legs; said tubular horizontal rod having a first end and a second end; said top end of each of said tubular vertical rods attached to said first end and said second end of said tubular horizontal rod; said tubular tissue holding rod having angular bends at a first end and a second end of said tubular tissue holding rod; said first end and said second end of said tubular tissue holding rod attached to a midsection of said pair of tubular vertical rods; said tissue dispenser unit structure having a base plate with a front end and a back end; a tissue dispenser orifice attached to said front end of said base plate; said tissue dispenser orifice having a serrated edge at a top end; said back end of said base plate having a handle structure; said handle structure at said back end of said base plate hingedly attached to said horizontal tubular rod; and a lock structure comprising a slot on said handle structure configured with a locking narrow slot portion and a wide unlocked slot portion on said handle structure integrally aligned and connected with a keyed member on said tubular horizontal rod to lock said handle structure to said tubular horizontal rod to hold down said tissue dispenser unit structure over a roll of tissue inserted on said tubular tissue holding rod structure and to unlock said handle structure to lift up said tissue dispenser unit structure when inserting a roll of tissue onto said tissue holding rod.
2. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein when the handle structure at the back end of the base plate hingedly attaching the base plate to the tubular horizontal rod is unlocked by sliding the keyed member into the wide slot portion of the handle structure, the handle structure is actuated to lift up the base plate to insert a roll of tissue onto the tubular tissue holding rod and once the tissue roll is inserted onto the tubular tissue holding rod, the handle structure is actuated to bring down the base plate over the rolled tissue and the keyed member is slid into the narrow slot portion on the handle structure to lock the base plate in place over the tissue roll.
3. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein the handle at the back end of the base plate hingedly attaching the base plate to the tubular horizontal rod is automatically actuated to lift up the base plate when the loose end of a tissue is pulled out from the tissue dispenser orifice when the handle is in the unlocked state.
4. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein a tissue dispenser box made of cardboard or other materials having an open bottom is placed over the rolled tissue dispenser stand before dispensing the tissue.
5. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein the stand is used to dispense rolled facial tissue.
6. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein the stand is used to dispense rolled toilet paper tissue.
7. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein the stand is capable of accommodating a roll of hand wipe tissues.
8. The rolled tissue dispenser stand of claim 1 wherein the stand is capable of accommodating a roll of hand wipe tissues.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the exemplary embodiment of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention.
(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention holding a roll of tissue.
(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tissue dispensing unit of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention.
(4) FIG. 4 is a side view of the tissue dispenser unit of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention.
(5) FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the use of the rolled tissue dispenser stand holding a roll of tissue with the arm of the tissue dispenser unit lifted when the tissue is being dispensed.
(6) FIG. 6 is a side view of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention holding the roll of tissue with the arm of the tissue dispenser unit lifted when the tissue is being dispensed.
(7) FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating how a standard facial tissue dispenser box is inserted over the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the invention holding the roll of tissue.
(8) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the tissue being dispensed through the orifice of the dispenser unit that is accommodated within the opening at the top of a standard facial tissue dispensing box that is placed over the tissue dispensing stand of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(9) The present invention is a multipurpose tissue dispenser stand that can be used for dispensing a roll of facial tissue, a roll of toilet paper tissue, a roll of hand wipe tissue, or a roll of paper towels. The rolled tissue dispenser stand can be placed inside a standard facial tissue dispenser box made of cardboard or other materials. The rolled tissue dispenser stand may be modified to accommodate larger rolls of tissue such as toilet paper tissue, or rolled paper towels.
(10) Referring now to the drawings wherein like numerals represent like components in the several views presented and discussed, and more particularly referring now to FIG. 1 the figure is a perspective view of the exemplary embodiment of the multipurpose rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the invention is comprised of a pair of tubular legs 7a and 7b attached to tubular vertical rods 6a and 6b respectively. The tubular legs 7a and 7b have a distinct angular curve at their free ends as seen for tubular leg 7b in this figure. The angular curved ends of the tubular legs provide additional support for the tissue dispenser stand 10. A tubular tissue holding rod 8 having approximately 90 degree bends 8a and 8b at the two ends of the rod 8 is attached to the mid-sections of the vertical rods 6a and 6b. A tubular horizontal rod 5 is attached to the top ends of vertical rods 6a and 6b to complete the tubular frame of the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10. A tissue dispenser unit is attached to the mid-section of the horizontal rod 5. The tissue dispenser unit has a base plate 1 with a front end and a back end. The front end of the base plate 1 has a circular tissue dispenser orifice 2 with a serrated top 3 and the back end of the base plate 1 has a handle 1a and a lock 4 over the handle. The lock structure 4 is comprised of a keyed member 11 on the horizontal rod that slides in a slot 12 having two portions of different widths, a narrow width for locking and a wide width for unlocking the handle 1a to and from the horizontal rod 5 so that it can be locked and unlocked and move freely over the horizontal rod 5. The handle 1a is attached loosely to the tubular horizontal rod 5 to allow the tissue dispenser base plate 1 to be swung up for loading the roll of tissue onto the tissue holding rod 8 and brought down after loading the tissue roll onto the tissue holding rod 8. The handle 1a is actuated to lift up the base plate 1 when loading the roll of tissue onto the tissue holding rod 8 and actuated down and locked on to the horizontal rod 5 by means of lock 4 to let the base plate 1 lie horizontally over the tissue roll surface to hold the roll in place. The handle 1a also automatically actuates and lifts up the base plate 1 when tissue is dispensed through the orifice 2 of the dispenser unit if the handle 1a is not locked on to the tubular horizontal rod 5. Once the roll of tissue is loaded on the tissue holding rod 8 using the through hole of the tissue roll mandrel, the tissue dispenser handle 1a is swung down so that the base plate 1 lies horizontally over the roll of tissue. The lock 4 is then activated to slide into the narrow slot on the handle 1a to lock the tissue dispenser unit in place over the tissue roll. The serrated edge 3 at the top end of the tissue dispenser orifice 2 assists in easy separation of the tissue from the tissue roll when dispensed. In some embodiments of the tissue dispenser stand, the tissue dispensing orifice 2 may be square, triangular, or other shapes.
(11) Referring now to FIG. 2 the figure is a perspective view showing the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the present invention holding a rolled tissue 9. In this view, the tubular tissue holding rod (not seen here) with its back ends 8a and 8b attached to the vertical rods 6a and 6b is inserted into the through hole of the mandrel in the rolled tissue 9 and held in place on the rolled tissue stand 10 over the pair of tubular legs 7a and 7b. Once the rolled tissue 9 is inserted into the tissue holding rod 8 the base plate 1 of the tissue dispenser unit is brought down above the rolled tissue 9 and locked in place with the lock 4. The loose tissue end 9a of the rolled tissue 9 is then is pulled up through the tissue dispenser orifice 2 and separated with the help of the serrated edge 3 at the top end of the tissue dispenser orifice 2.
(12) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tissue dispensing unit of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention. The tissue dispenser unit is comprised of a base plate 1 a circular orifice 2 having a serrated edge 3 a handle 1a attached to the horizontal tubular rod of the rolled tissue dispenser stand and a lock 4 to lock the handle after the base plate 1 is swung down to lie over the roll of tissue.
(13) FIG. 4 is a side view of the tissue dispenser unit of the rolled tissue dispenser stand of the present invention. This view shows the base plate 1 with the handle 1a that is used to attach the dispenser unit to the horizontal tubular rod of the rolled tissue dispenser stand. The base plate 1 is attached to the circular orifice 2 having a serrated edge 3 through which the loose end of the tissue is dispensed.
(14) FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 when the handle 1a at the back end of the base plate 1 is in the unlocked state. This view shows the base plate 1 comprising the tissue dispenser orifice 2 with the serrated edge 3 in the lifted position when the loose tissue end 9a from the rolled tissue 9 is dispensed from the circular orifice 2. The base plate 1 is swung down by actuating the handle at the back end of the base plate 1 to lie parallel and close to the top of the tissue roll 9 to hold it in place on the stand over the tubular legs 7a and 7b. The lock 4 on the handle is used to lock the tissue dispenser unit over the tissue roll 9.
(15) FIG. 6 is a side view of the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the present invention holding the rolled tissue 9 with the tissue dispenser unit base plate 1 seen lifted up when the loose tissue end 9a is pulled through the orifice 2 to dispense the tissue when the handle 1a is in the unlocked position.
(16) FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating how a standard tissue dispenser box 20 is inserted over the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the invention holding the roll of tissue. The standard tissue dispenser box 20 for use with the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the present invention would have an open bottom which can be placed over the rolled tissue dispenser stand 10 of the present invention to cover the stand from view.
(17) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the tissue being dispensed through the orifice 2 of the dispenser unit that is accommodated within the opening at the top of a standard facial tissue dispensing box 20 having an open bottom that is placed over the rolled tissue dispensing stand of the invention.
(18) While the exemplary embodiment of the present invention of a multipurpose rolled tissue dispenser stand has thus been described through its preferred embodiments and related figures, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the present invention as described herein do not limit any application or scope of the invention and that the invention can be carried out and practiced in various ways and implemented in embodiments other than the ones outlined and described above. It should be understood and obvious to one skilled in the art that alternatives, modifications, and variations of the embodiments of the present invention may be construed as being within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
