Abstract: A battery holding and dispensing device holds a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2005
Date of Patent:
October 30, 2007
Assignee:
Tools Aviation, LLC
Inventors:
Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman, Timothy Moreau, Brad Cherkas
Inventors:
Douglas K. Ritterling, Taku Ohi, Kenneth M. Brazell, Scott D. Bublitz, Michael W. Phillips, Thomas J. Edwards, Michael L. Welliver, Todd M. Gehring