Patent attributes
A ligature-resistant, multifold paper towel dispenser has a housing having a top panel, a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of side panels secured together to define a hollow, interior chamber. The housing has an open bottom end through which a stack of paper towels may be inserted into the interior chamber. The dispenser also includes a support and dispenser assembly for resiliently supporting the stack of paper towels and for permitting manual dispensing of successive individual paper towels from the open bottom end of the housing. The support assembly includes at least one resilient flexible member which permits the paper towels to be supported thereon and dispensed therebelow and which at the same time is ligature-resistant due to its flexibility.