BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates to securing wraps or sheet rolls. More specifically, the present disclosure relates an apparatus used for securing a sheet roll or wrap to a variety of structures.

2. Description of the Related Art

It is known that a sheet roll or wrap indicates a quantity of fabric or paper or plastic or sheet or metal rolled up to form a single package. The wraps are used for a variety of purposes. For example, the wraps are used in packaging industries to wrap a sheet around a batch of products for ease of shipping from one place to another. In another example, a wrap comprising a roll of adhesive tape might be used for mounting two or more components. In yet another example, a wrap comprising a roll of plastic sheet might be used in construction and/or transportation industry.

Typically, the sheet rolls or wraps are carried from one place to another place in a container. Upon reaching a desired destination, the wraps are kept on racks. When needed, the wraps are removed from the racks and put back in place after use. As known, the wraps kept on the racks are susceptible to theft, as the wraps are not secured to any other objects or stored in containers kept at presumably safe places. Several designs for pallet wrap storage devices have been designed in the past. None of them, however, include a pallet wrap securing device comprising a pallet wrap roll holder and dispenser having a fastener device on the top and the bottom of the wrap dispenser, where the fasteners have integral locking elements.

As specified above, generally the wraps are stored in cases or boxes. An example of a case is disclosed in a United States patent application 20050127083. In US20050127083A1, it is disclosed that a closeable storage case for holding sheet material such as gift-wrapping paper and other related wrapping accessories. The storage case has at least one section that includes spaced apart roll retainers for rotatably mounting rolls of wrapping paper between them. The roll retainers include a support bracket and a roll engaging mechanism. The storage case includes a cutter mechanism for cutting sections of sheet material from the rolls held within the case and may also include compartments for securing adhesive tape and ribbon therein.

In another example, a plurality of wraps is stored in a case/package for carrying the wraps from one place to another. Such an example is disclosed in a European patent application 0256237. In EP0256237A2, it is disclosed that the package has at least two rolls arranged adjacently. The sheets are wound into rolls with a continuous opening. One holding element is arranged in each case on the outside of the two rolls lying on the outside in each case. The holding elements are detachably connected to each other by means of a connection element that projects through the openings of the rolls.

Although the cases are useful in storing the wraps, they have few disadvantages. For instance, the wraps used in the shipping and transportation industry are huge; as a result, the storage cases used for storing them take considerable space. Further, there is a risk of the cases containing the wraps getting stolen. Further, there is a risk of unauthorized users using the wraps if they are not secured in a room or to a structure.

Other documents describing the closest subject matter provide for a number of more or less complicated features that fail to solve the problem in an efficient and economical way. None of these patents suggest the novel features of the present invention. Specifically, none of the disclosures in the art disclose an apparatus that can be used to secure sheet rolls or wraps to a variety of structures.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for an apparatus that allows to secure sheet rolls or wraps to a variety of structures and prevent the wraps from getting stolen or be used by unauthorized personnel.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can be used to secure sheet rolls or wraps and avoids the drawbacks of the prior art.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can be used to secure sheet rolls or wraps to a variety of structures such as frames, walls or poles and so on. The apparatus comprises a cable made of a flexible or rigid structure, which allows the apparatus to be mounted to the variety of structures.

It is yet still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can be removably secured to variety of structures for securely mounting sheet rolls or wraps.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that allows only authorized personnel to access the sheet rolls or wraps and to prevent the sheet rolls from getting stolen. The apparatus is provided with a lock such as a numeric or combination lock to lock or unlock the lock so that only authorized personnel can access the sheet rolls.

It is one object of the present invention to secure sheet rolls to a structure without damaging the sheet rolls.

Further objects of the invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon.

