Patent ID: 8079541

Claim:
A towel dispenser, comprising: (a) a housing for receiving toweling, the housing comprising, (i) a main body, (ii) a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between, (A) a closed position, in which the housing is configured to dispense towels therefrom, and (B) an open position, in which the housing is configured to receive toweling therein, and (iii) a guide system configured to guide the toweling while towels are dispensed from the housing, the guide system comprising a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door; (b) wherein the loading door comprises a curved body defining an area within which the toweling is positioned when the toweling is received in the housing, and a lip extending from the curved body that, (i) extends generally in parallel with a top surface of the main body when the loading door is in the closed position, (ii) rotates away from the top surface of the main body when the loading door rotates from the closed position to the open position, and (iii) extends generally orthogonally to the top surface of the main body, and generally downwardly away from the curved body, when the loading door is in the open position.