Abstract: A portable dispenser for beverage containers for use by a vendor. The dispenser comprises a strap assembly and is arranged to be worn like a backpack and includes a housing and a chamber located within the housing. A rack, disposed within the chamber, comprises at least one dispensing chute. The dispensing chute comprises a receiving end to permit the insertion of a plurality of beverage containers therein, an intermediate length for retaining the beverage containers in the chute in single-file relationship and an outlet end. The dispensing chute is arranged to present a successive beverage container to the outlet end upon the removal of a preceding beverage container from the outlet end. The dispenser additionally comprises at least one dispensing port located adjacent the rack. The dispensing port is in communication with the outlet end of the dispensing chute to enable the vendor to remove beverage containers from the dispenser.

Abstract: A portable beverage dispenser for use by a vendor. The dispenser comprises a tank worn on the back of the vendor and having an insulated internal chamber for receiving a carbonated beverage to be dispensed by a pressurized gas in the chamber, a filling conduit for filling the chamber with the carbonated beverage, a pressurized gas supply for pressurizing the chamber, and an outlet nozzle. The chamber has a concave bottom wall with a small concave recess at its nadir. The conduit extends into the chamber at an acute angle to the chamber's longitudinal axis and has a port centered on that axis immediately adjacent the concave recess. The conduit carries carbonated beverage into the chamber so that the beverage enters the recess and quickly fills it with minimal foaming and so that the level of the beverage in the chamber is above the port to ensure that further filling of the chamber is also accomplished with minimal foaming.