This invention relates to an improved device for use in connection with a roll of toilet paper when mounted in the usual manner. . It turns out that the original idea for perforated toilet paper was patented in 1871 as patent number US117355A.The answer of how the toilet paper is supposed to hang may lie with New York businessman Seth Wheeler, who filed an 1891 patent for the toilet paper roll. On July 25, 1871, Seth Wheeler received a patent for his creation of perforated wrapping paper. The patent is from 1891 with the title " Wrapping or toilet paper roll .". There's some pretty strange stuff coming up. Wheeler was associated with the A.P.W. Paper Company of Albany, New York. The inventor of perforated toilet paper Seth Wheeler illustrated his new and futuristic creation with the paper going up and over the roll. People have been using soft paper products for centuries. Toilet paper on a roll was invented in 1857.