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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789268 | Sterilizable dispenser for sterilizable lancets for bleeding mice An assembly for dispensing sterile lancets one at a time from a clip holding a plurality of lancets is described. The assembly is configured to dispense the lancets easily and conveniently under laboratory conditions where the lancet user is gloved and must manipula... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7726515 | Decorative and disposable bath tissue dispenser An aesthetically pleasing and disposable tissue roll dispenser is disclosed. The tissue roll dispenser may be made from, for instance, a lightweight paperboard and may contain various design elements on the exterior surface. The tissue roll dispenser may contain at ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7686186 | Golf ball container A container that holds the golf balls for sequential dispensing of golf balls from an interior cavity through an opening between a pair of opposing legs and a projecting stop movable from a first position for holding one of the golf balls between the legs and retain... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7413101 | Dispensing package A paperboard carton for receiving articles in two or more layers separated by a divider pad is provided. The divider pad is secured relative to an end panel arrangement at one end of the carton. The carton has a top panel, a base panel and a pair of opposite sides. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7374043 | Carton with side accessible dispenser A carton with an improved dispenser facilitates access to articles enclosed within by providing expansive side recesses that expose at least one article on the lowermost row and the two end most articles in the uppermost row. The dispenser opening is defined by one ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364057 | Multiple magazine carrier and dispenser for firearms The multiple magazine carrier and dispenser for firearms is configured for rapidly dispensing ammunition magazines in a proper orientation to facilitate rapid reloading of a weapon. The multiple magazine carrier may be curved for either left or right hand use or may... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357254 | Dispenser with detachable retention feature A carton for dispensing articles having a dispensing feature is adapted for restraining articles within the carton until the consumer desires to remove the endmost articles from the carton. To erect the carton, a plurality of panels are connected together to define ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328798 | Carton with two-step opening feature defining yieldable dispenser A carton for dispensing and retaining articles such as cans or bottles is opened by at least partially removing a first detachable portion and then by at least partially detaching a second detachable portion. Removal of the first detachable portion defines an openin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7287668 | Soap holding and dispersing assembly A soap holding and dispersing assembly includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall and a peripheral wall that extends between and is attached to the top and bottom walls. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a secon... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264140 | System and method for dispensing pharmaceutical samples A system and method for dispensing pharmaceutical samples is provided. The system comprises a dispenser base, a lid, and a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion further comprises a window, finger cutouts, and a front section of a spring plate. The front section... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231279 | Automatic vending machine with integrated capsule feeding apparatus An automatic vending machine includes an integrated capsule dispensing apparatus. The automatic vending machine comprises a first dispensing unit for delivering products that it withdraws from one or more first storage compartments, and is characterized in that it f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7175047 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7118007 | Automated Meds dispenser system An automated Meds dispenser system including a staging station for systematic loading of Meds into vials and an automated Meds dispenser for receiving and for subsequent distribution of Meds containing vials at multiple times over a period of multiple days. User fri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104420 | Dispensing box from which items can be slid out The inside of the box is divided into two seats by an inclined separator (F) that ends at two opposing sliding-out slits. The main faces (A, B) have two slits (A1, A2, B1, B2) and the separator (F) has a slit (N) parallel to the direction... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100798 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086563 | Dispensing carton for bandages and the like The parallelepiped-shaped carton made of paperboard or the like, for packaging and dispensing bandages or other products, comprises in at least one B of the two main faces one or two windows B1, B2 and in the internal volume of the carton a wall F with... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073665 | Dispenser with detachable retention feature A carton for dispensing articles having a dispensing feature is adapted for restraining articles within the carton until the consumer desires to remove the endmost articles from the carton. To erect the carton, a plurality of panels are connected together to define ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6974072 | Paperboard carton with a new type of dispenser A carton for carrying a plurality of cans in at least three rows having a dispenser flap that is easily removed from the end of the carton to expose a dispenser which has a bottom of a sufficient height from the bottom panel to prevent containers in the bottom row f... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6932222 | Billiard ball rack A rack for storing billiard balls including a base having a first engagement surface. The rack also includes an elongated billiard ball holder defining an elongated central space configured to support a plurality of billiard balls in contact with one another in a ro... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913263 | Target holding device A target holding device is disclosed. Preferred embodiments of the invention includes one or more of the following features. First, an automatic reloading feature of the invention allows a first replacement target stored in a target storage region of the device to s... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902062 | Dispensing package A dispensing package that is capable of accommodating relatively a large number of stick-like articles, of separating old and new articles and of storing remaining articles as disclosed. This dispensing package comprises a case for accommodating therein unit package... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6722526 | Cookie/cracker dispenser A cracker dispenser for dispensing individual crackers in a sanitary manner such as at public cooking events and at wine and cheese tasting events. The cracker dispenser includes a plastic housing for receiving a plurality of stacked crackers from a standard size ro... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719306 | Sports equipment cart A sports equipment cart includes a first ball dispensing tube having upper and lower ends and defining a bore extending therebetween. The first ball dispensing tube defines an upper ball receiving aperture and a lower ball dispensing aperture. A pair of wheels are r... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6672476 | Shot shell primer dispenser A housing has two side walls extend upwardly from a floor to define a channel extending between a primer inlet and a primer outlet. A lanyard clip is fastened to the side walls adjacent the primer inlet, compressing the clip releases it, allowing primers ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6669065 | Golf tee holder and dispenser A holder for golf tees that has a housing with an open interior. The interior has two curved ends and a thin middle section that forms a "dumb bell" shape. A plate that has a matching dumb bell is fitted into the open interior. Two springs are mounted ins... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6595106 | Magazine for espresso coffee capsules Espresso coffee capsules (2, 2a) having an essentially rotationally symmetric shape, especially the frustum of a right cone, being fitted and slide into an essentially cylindrical magazine tube (1) of a magazine which can be set up vertically. The espress... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6253930 | Dispensing carton assembly A carton assembly for dispensing product members such as spools of wire and other rollable products having circular ends of the same diameter. The carton comprises a bottom, forward and rearward end walls, two side walls and a closable top. Within the car... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6189732 | Golf ball carrier and dispenser A golf ball carrier and dispenser in the form of a tube in which balls are stacked and biased to one end by spring action where an end opening smaller than the balls restrains the endmost ball from release. A side dispensing opening for release of ball is... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182860 | Soap leaf dispenser A dispenser for dispensing individual leaves of soap from a stack of leaves stored in the dispenser, includes top and bottom plastic case portions which are connected to and aligned by four pins extending from one container half into holes in the other co... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6102263 | Smart caddy The present invention 10 discloses a device for holding golf balls 30 having a vertically oriented magazine-like container 12 having a spring-loaded clip 14 on its side for being attached to the belt 16 of the user 18 or other golf paraphernalia such as a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6062424 | Convertible package dispenser A convertible package dispenser to dispense a plurality of identical, smaller packages, is provided by a parallelepiped carton having hollow interior sized to receive the plurality of packages arranged in a row. The carton is formed by first and second pa... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5988433 | Sports ball storage, transporter and dispenser for court played games A cylindrical unit of varying lengths which stores sports balls, with unit capable of attaching to any solid object in a vertical position, close to a sports court or storage area. The unit also serves as a ball transporter, carried in a horizontal or ver... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5950864 | Musket cap in-line capper Flanged musket percussion caps are stored and dispensed from a portable hand held capper which has a linear channel defined in a housing formed of sheet material. The housing has a through channel which has a floor which is parallel to two partial top wal... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5860362 | Newspaper vending machine with online connection A system which comprises a self-service newspaper vending machine (2) includes an electronic control means (34) with an on-line connection (36) to a news providing organization (38) from which a newspaper containing up to the minute news can be purchased.... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5836478 | Battery dispenser A battery dispenser that includes a container that has a face. The face has two edges that extend between sidewalls and between which is defined an aperture. The aperture may be of variable dimension such that a spacing between the two edges at one locati... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833118 | Battery dispenser box A battery dispenser that includes a container that has a face. The face has two edges that extend between sidewalls and between which is defined an aperture. The aperture may be of variable dimension such that a spacing between the two edges at one locati... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5826746 | Backpack dispensing system for packaged goods A backpack carried on the back of a vendor for transporting and dispensing packaged goods, such as food products or other merchandise. The backpack has a back wall, front wall, opposed side walls, a top closure, and a bottom wall defining a generally rect... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5749465 | Container A container accommodating a rodlike object (6) is comprising of a cylinder body (1), a shutter portion (2), and a cap (3). A retrieving port (10) for taking out the rodlike object 6 by holding the middle portion of the rodlike object 6 by fingers (7) and ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5579915 | Container for plastic bags A container for storing bags for re-use includes a substantially flat rear wall that extends in a lengthwise direction and can be mounted on a supporting surface by, for example, adhesive tape or screws. A pair of opposing side wall portions are joined wi... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5467895 | Ticket dispensing machine A ticket dispensing machine which can dispense the lowermost ticket from a column of tickets, has a reciprocating arm member which includes a selector having a rocker arm to facilitate engagement with, and ejection of tickets. This allows the machine to e... | 11/21/1995 |
