Portable holder/carrying system for the transporting of toilet paper

Abstract

This invention provides an improved portable holder / carrying system designed to make the transporting of toilet paper easier in situations and locations where there is no or limited access to both toilet facilities and the necessary sanitary products. The system is comprised of a main tube structure with a watertight screw-on-lid, carrying handle and extraction assembly featuring a disc and slotted lever used to remove the toilet paper. The length of the tube allows for an overall capacity of one, two or three rolls that must be manually compressed in terms of their overall diameter in order to fit the narrow gauge of the tube. Furthermore, the handle component also contains two harnessing slots that provide for a variety of storage / carrying options for the entire unit.

Description

[0001] This invention relates to an Improved Portable Holder / Carrying System for the Transporting of Toilet Paper. CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] Not Applicable STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0003] Not applicable REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX [0004] Not applicable Disclosure: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0005] Ever since toilet paper has become a consumer mainstay in the modern household, a wide variety of holders have been designed to provide increased accessibility and convenience to the user. While the majority of these holders have traditionally been for in-door use only, the growing trend of backpacking / traveling in outdoor and overseas settings has given rise to the need for toilet paper holders whose functionality must cater towards greater portability, stowage options and protection. In this regard, the most popular and primitive forerunner of the outdoor holder / c...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] In contrast to these past designs for portable toilet paper holder / carriers, the improved design of the invention that is presented here adheres closely to and effectively incorporates the three aforementioned factors of outdoor use: portability, stowage options and protection. For example, the improved design employs a narrow diameter plastic tube in which to house the toilet paper rolls. This means that all rolls must be manually compressed in terms of their overall diameter in order to be stowed. Such a feature means that both weight and volume are reduced since the tube not only takes up less space but also contains less plastic. In terms of portability then, this feature is also beneficial since less room is taken up when the device is stowed internally inside a hiker / traveler's backpack or other baggage. Moreover, the reduced weight of the device allows it to perform its function without becoming an excessive burden to the user. This movement towards weight reduction is further evidenced by the fact that the improved design utilizes a small plastic disc and slotted lever in place of the above-mentioned post for removing the toilet paper from the holder. Hence, the extraction system employed on the new design has been made more efficient because it reduces weight, which in turn promotes greater portability. Besides this overall move towards weight reduction, the improved design for a toilet paper holder / carrier also includes a handle design featuring two harnessing slots or points. This feature provides a definite advantage over past designs since it allows the new device to be mounted or stowed externally in many different locations and configurations. Such a design improvement ultimately works to increase stowage options by overcoming the need to allocate internal storage area within a backpack or other baggage for the inclusion of a toilet paper holder / carrier. Lastly, the improved design for this invention also works to increases protection by placing a screw-on-lid on the main tube of the system, so that it is not only water tight but also resistant to jarring shocks that could dislodge it. Accordingly, the improvements contained in the new design—narrowed tube diameter, fixed harnessing slots, light weight toilet paper roll extraction assembly and the screw-on-lid—all combine to make this a superior outdoor system.

Problems solved by technology

Although the portable holder / carrier already exists in a variety of forms, they have generated little interest amongst potential outdoor / travel enthusiasts due to an ongoing failure to provide any real advantage in terms of their overall ability to simultaneously balance and thus, effectively address the three main factors of outdoor use: portability, stowage options and protection.

While this system may well be portable, it is also best suited to indoor or localized use since its construction does not provide for easy stowage due to its rather large body size.

Furthermore, the lid of this device, although attached, does not create a watertight seal and therefore, fails to provide adequate protection.

Such proportion adds unnecessary weight, which in turn limits overall portability.

As dual-purpose devices then, such inventions prove cumbersome since they are burdened by excess weight and volume.

Consequently, the hiker / traveler not only loses valuable carrying space but must also endure a heavier load.

While this device is better suited to the job of transporting toilet paper, it also has some very visible limitations.

First, the design sports a snap-on lid, which, although it may be water tight, proves vulnerable to jarring shocks that could dislodge it.

Thus, the protection provided by this device is not complete.

Since there is no option but for the hiker / traveler to stow this device internally inside their backpack or other baggage, the overall girth of a single roll of toilet paper proves excessive in terms of the amount of space that it will consume.

Again, stowage for this invention, as noted for the other inventions, can lead to problems.

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