Carrier for a bathroom wipe dispenser

Abstract

A carrier for a dispenser of pre-moistened wipes of the kind that are saturated with a cleaning or antiseptic solution, a moisturizer, and the like, and having particular application for wiping clean the anal region of a user's body following use of dry toilet paper. The carrier is adapted to be detachably connected to a conventional holder for a roll of toilet paper that is typically mounted against a wall in a bathroom and located near a toilet. At the top of the carrier is an open shell that is sized and shaped to fit snugly within a correspondingly shaped receptacle of the toilet paper roll holder. Located opposite the shell of the carrier is a tail to which is removably attached the wipe dispenser. The carrier is advantageously adapted to be quickly and easily connected to and disconnected from an existing toilet paper roll holder without having to make any changes to the holder.

1 . A combination, comprising:
 a toilet paper roll holder to be mounted against a wall and including a receptacle for receipt of a roll of toilet paper, a spindle from which the roll of toilet paper is suspended, and a pair of arms between which the spindle is connected;   a dispenser of pre-moistened wipes; and   a carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes, said carrier detachably connected to said toilet paper roll holder and having an open shell at one end thereof that is sized and shaped to be received within the receptacle of said toilet paper roll holder and a tail at the opposite end, said dispenser being attached to said carrier at said tail thereof.   
   
   
       2 . The combination recited in  claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive located on one of the tail of said carrier for the dispenser of pre-moistened wipes or said dispenser, said dispenser being attached to the tail of said carrier by means of said adhesive. 
   
   
       3 . The combination recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a first hook-and-loop material located on the tail of said carrier for said dispenser of said pre-moistened wipes and a complementary hook-and-loop fastener material located on said dispenser, said first and complementary fastener materials being moved into mating engagement with one another by which said dispenser is attached to said carrier. 
   
   
       4 . The combination recited in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one slot formed through the tail of said carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes and at least one tab projecting from said dispenser, said tab being received by said slot by which said dispenser is attached to said carrier. 
   
   
       5 . The combination recited in  claim 1 , wherein the open shell of said carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes has a back, a pair of sidewalls projecting from said back, and a pair of arms projecting from said sidewalls, the back of said shell lying within the receptacle of said toilet paper roll holder and the pair of arms of said shell lying against respective ones of the pair of arms of said holder. 
   
   
       6 . The combination recited in  claim 5 , wherein each of the pair of arms of said toilet paper roll holder has a recess formed therein and each of the pair of arms of the shell of said carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes has a hole formed therethrough, the holes through the arms of said shell being axially aligned with the recesses in the arms of said holder for the removable receipt therethrough of opposite ends of said spindle, whereby said carrier is detachably connected to said holder. 
   
   
       7 . The combination recited in  claim 1 , wherein said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes is removably attached to the tail of said carrier for said dispenser. 
   
   
       8 . A combination, comprising:
 a toilet paper roll holder to be mounted against a wall and including a receptacle for receipt of a roll of toilet paper, a spindle from which the roll of toilet paper is suspended, and a pair of arms projecting from said receptacle;   a dispenser of pre-moistened wipes; and   a carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes, said carrier detachably connected to said toilet paper roll holder and having an open shell received within the receptacle of said toilet paper roll holder, a pair of arms projecting from said shell and lying against respective ones of the pair of arms of said toilet paper roll holder, and a tail,   said dispenser attached to said carrier at said tail thereof, and said spindle connected between the pair of arms of said toilet paper roll holder by way of holes formed through the pair of arms of said carrier.   
   
   
       9 . The combination recited in  claim 8 , wherein the tail of said carrier for said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes has a dispenser support in which to removably receive said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes by which said dispenser is attached to said carrier at said tail. 
   
   
       10 . The combination recited in  claim 9 , wherein said dispenser support includes a shelf projecting outwardly relative to the tail of said carrier on which said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes is seated. 
   
   
       11 . The combination recited in  claim 10 , wherein said dispenser support has an open top lying opposite said shelf and a pair of side walls to guide said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes through said open top and into seating engagement on said shelf. 
   
   
       12 . The combination recited in  claim 10 , wherein the outwardly projecting shelf of said dispenser support turns back upon itself towards said tail to establish a lip above said shelf by which to releasably retain said dispenser of pre-moistened wipes upon said shelf.