Towel roll holder and dispenser
AssigneeAdams & Wilks
InventorsDominic Briante, Mary P. Briante
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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 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 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 second cover member and through which a towel from the roll of towels can be dispensed from the container when the second 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 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 during a dispensing operation;
- a plurality of fasteners that releasably fasten the cover members to the sidewalls of the housing;
- a retaining mechanism that rotatively retains the roll of towels within the housing between the pair of sidewalls so that a free portion of a towel from the roll of towels can extend through the opening during a dispensing operation;
- an unspooling mechanism that prevents towels from inadvertently unspooling from the roll of paper towels during a dispensing operation;
- a tearing mechanism that tears off the free portion of the towel from the roll of towels during a dispensing operation;
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- a securing mechanism that secures the housing to a support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.