Functional stand for roll materials

Claim 1

A portable stand for roll materials comprising: a stand formed of a tube having an upper end which extends upwardly and outwardly at an incline free and clear of surrounding structure to receive a roll of paper slid over the end of the tube, a stop plate surrounding said upwardly and outwardly inclined portion of the tube and spaced from its end by a distance to receive the roll of paper, said upwardly and outwardly inclined free end being at such an angle that gravity holds a roll of paper when telescoped over said end against said stop plate, an L-shaped bracket having an upstanding leg generally parallel to said upper end of said tube and positioned to one side of said tube and its other leg extending transversely across said tube, and a spindle on said bracket on the opposite side of said tube from said upstanding leg of said bracket, said spindle being positioned to support a roll of masking tape generally centered with respect to the lower edge of a roll of paper in abutment with said stop plate, and whereby masking tape from the roll of masking tape can be stuck generally centered on the bottom edge of the roll of paper placed on said end of said tube and will be automatically applied in a position projecting from the edge of the paper as the paper is pulled from the roll.