US2014234569A1PendingUtilityA1

Decorative Hole Cover

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Feb 15, 2013Filed: Feb 15, 2013Published: Aug 21, 2014
Est. expiryFeb 15, 2033(~6.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Winthrop A. Eastman
A47K 10/16Y10T428/214A47K 10/22
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Abstract

A device for obscuring or disguising the hole of the core or tube upon which a roll of paper is wound, including an insertion component to be inserted into the hole, and a surface component to partially or completely obscure a hole. The surface component provides a surface for the addition of a decoration. The insertion component has at least one leg to be inserted into a hole, and may include a plurality of legs. In an alternative embodiment, the means of fastening is an adhesive applied directly to the decorative surface underside for securing the surface to the roll.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A decorative device to obscure the hole of the tube upon which paper or other material is wound, such device comprising:
 a) a surface component placed over an exposed edge of the wound paper or material for at least partially obscuring the hole and the wound paper or material; and   b) securing means for securing the surface component to the hole.   
     
     
         2 . The decorative device of  claim 1 , wherein the securing means is an insertion component to be inserted in the hole. 
     
     
         3 . The decorative device of  claim 1 , wherein the securing means is an insertion component to be inserted in the exposed edge of the wound paper or material. 
     
     
         4 . The decorative device of  claim 1 , wherein the securing means is a pressure sensitive adhesive on the underside of the surface component. 
     
     
         5 . The decorative device of  claim 1 , wherein the surface component covers at least a portion the exposed edge of the paper or material wound about the tube. 
     
     
         6 . The decorative device of  claim 3 , the insertion component including at least one leg to be inserted into a hole. 
     
     
         7 . The decorative device of  claim 2 , the insertion component including a plurality of legs to be inserted into a hole. 
     
     
         8 . The decorative device of  claim 7 , the legs comprising a flexible material. 
     
     
         9 . The decorative device of  claim 8 , the legs movable between a relaxed condition with the legs spaced outwardly from each other a distance greater than the diameter of the hole and a compressed condition with the legs being inserted in and frictionally held in the hole. 
     
     
         10 . The decorative device of  claim 2 , the insertion component comprising metal. 
     
     
         11 . The decorative device of  claim 2 , the insertion component comprising plastic. 
     
     
         12 . The decorative device of  claim 9 , the legs comprising a flexible material. 
     
     
         13 . The decorative device of  claim 12 , the legs movable between a relaxed condition with the legs spaced outwardly from each other a distance greater than the diameter of the hole and a compressed condition with the legs being inserted in and frictionally held in the hole. 
     
     
         14 . The decorative device of  claim 3 , wherein the insertion component comprises one or more pins which may be inserted into the exposed edge of the wound paper or material. 
     
     
         15 . The decorative device of  claim 1 , including a coupler for mounting a plurality of rolls end-to-end in a column with the decorative device being mounted on the ultimate exposed end. 
     
     
         16 . A decorative device to obscure the hole of the tube upon which material is wound, such device comprising:
 a) a component to be inserted into the hole.   b) a surface component removably attached to the insertion component.   
     
     
         17 . The decorative device of  claim 16 , the insertion component comprising metal. 
     
     
         18 . The decorative device of  claim 16 , the insertion component comprising plastic. 
     
     
         19 . The decorative device of  claim 16 , the legs comprising a flexible material. 
     
     
         20 . The decorative device of  claim 19 , the legs movable between a relaxed condition with the legs spaced outwardly from each other a distance greater than the diameter of the hole and a compressed condition with the legs being inserted in and frictionally held in the hole. 
     
     
         21 . The decorative device of  16 , the surface component including a mounting surface and the device further comprising a decorative feature added to the mounting surface.

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