Patent ID: 7296705

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a housing defining at least one compartment configured to hold a volume of a plurality of towels, each one of the towels being configurable to have a length, a width and a thickness, the housing having: (a) a lower portion having an outlet wall, the outlet wall defining an outlet having an outlet length which is at least as long as the length of each one of the towels, the outlet configured to enable the towels to be removed from the compartment through the outlet at least one at a time, the outlet wall having: (i) a plurality of side portions, each of the side portions defining one outlet width which is less than the width of each one of the towels, and (ii) a central portion positioned between the side portions, the central portion defining an outlet width which is greater than the outlet width of each one of the side portions, the central portions being sized and configured to facilitate access to one or more of the towels by one or more fingers; (b) a plurality of retaining walls which are connected to each other so as to define an inner perimeter which surrounds the at least one compartment, each one of the retaining walls having an upper portion, the upper portions of the retaining walls defining a recess having a depth; at least one mount connected to the housing, the mount being configured to mount the housing to an upstanding support structure; and a door having: (a) a shelf surface configured to support one or more shelvable items, (b) a perimeter which is less than the inner perimeter defined by the retaining walls, (c) a thickness which is less than the depth of the recess so that the door is configured to be supported by the retaining walls while a portion of each one of the retaining walls extends above the shelf surface, the portions of the retaining walls being configured to apply a force to any of the shelvable items which might move beyond the perimeter of the door, (d) a door grasp wall configured so that, when the door is supported by the retaining walls, the door grasp wall and at least one of the retaining walls collectively define an opening, the opening being: (i) sized to receive at least part of at least one finger, and (ii) positioned to provide visibility into the compartment, enabling visual information about the volume of the towels to be obtained when the door is covering the compartment.