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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Behavioral Safety Products, Llc, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Robert Lee deLoache, III, Watkinsville, GA (US);
David Cory deLoache, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Mark Mendes, Loganville, GA (US);
BEHAVIORAL SAFETY PRODUCTS, LLC, Athens, GA (US);
Abstract
A ligature-resistant paper towel dispenser includes a rear portion with a towel recess for receiving a roll of paper towels and a planar mounting area for securing the paper towel dispenser to a wall. A front portion of the dispenser locks to the rear portion, covers the roll and completes the shape of the paper towel dispenser exterior. The mounting area of the housing may extend backwards from the planar mounting area into an aperture formed through a surface of the wall so that the towel recess projects into the wall. The housing has an upward projecting exterior that is curved or inclined downward from an apex to prevent attachment of a ligature and extends above the towel recess by a distance greater than or equal to half of a maximum forward projection of the housing to provide sufficient curvature or inclination of the exterior of the top projection.