Patent ID: 7370825

Claim:
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; and 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.