Towel roll holder and dispenser and blank for forming container for the towel roll holder and dispenser
OwnerDominic Briante, Mary Brianteinventors
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Abstract
A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable in opposing directions between a closed position and an open position. One of the cover members has an opening through which towels may be dispensed from the towel roll. The cover members are releasably fastened to the sidewalls of the housing.
Claims20
A towel roll holder and dispenser comprising:
- a main body having a bottom, a top, a rear wall, a pair of opposing end walls, and an open front end, the bottom, top, rear wall and end walls defining an open space for receiving and containing a roll of towels for dispensing;
- a cover structure pivotally attached to the main body for closing off the interior space of the main body when in a closed position, the cover structure having first and second cover members pivotable in opposing directions between the closed position and an open position, the first and second cover members and the main body together defining a container fully enclosing the roll of towels when the first and second cover members are in the closed position;
- holding means for releasably holding each of the first and second cover members in the closed position;
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- means defining a dispensing opening formed in the first cover member and through which a towel from the roll of towels can be dispensed from the container when the first cover member is in the closed position.
A towel roll holder and dispenser adapted for mounting on a support surface, the towel roll holder and dispenser comprising:
- a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin, the housing having a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on the support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable in opposing directions between a closed position and an open position, one of the cover members having an opening through which towels may be dispensed from the towel roll;
- and a plurality of fasteners for releasably fastening the cover members to the sidewalls of the housing.
A container blank made of a unitary piece of material for forming a container, the container blank comprising:
- a plurality of first panels separated by a plurality of first fold lines about which the first panels are foldable to form a bottom, a top, a rear wall, a first cover member and a second cover member of the container;
- and a pair of second panels extending from opposite longitudinal edge portions of a preselected one of the first panels forming bottom of the container, the second panels being separated from the longitudinal edge portions of preselected panel by respective second fold lines about which the respective second panels are foldable to form opposing end walls of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.