Dispenser
FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention wherein tubular elements having the largest diameter of the eleven total tubular elements are disposed on the left and tubular elements having successively smaller diameters are disposed from left to right;
FIG. 2 is a top view of each of the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15;
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of each of the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15;
FIG. 5 is a right side view of each of the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15;
FIG. 6 is a left side view of each of the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15;
FIG. 7 is a front view of a second embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention wherein tubular elements having the largest diameter of the eleven total tubular elements are disposed on the right and tubular elements having successively smaller diameters are disposed from right to left;
FIG. 8 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention depicted in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a front view of a third embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention wherein tubular elements having the largest diameter of the eleven total tubular elements are disposed on the outside right and left, and tubular elements with successively smaller diameters are disposed toward the center;
FIG. 10 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a front view of a fourth embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention wherein tubular elements having the smallest diameter of the eleven total tubular elements are disposed on the outside right and left and tubular elements having successively larger diameters are disposed toward the center;
FIG. 12 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention depicted in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a front view of a fifth embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention wherein the eleven tubular elements are arranged as shown;
FIG. 14 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 is a front view of a sixth embodiment of the present invention wherein two sets of fifteen tubular elements are arranged one above the other, and wherein each set of fifteen tubular elements is arranged with the tubular elements having the greatest diameter disposed on the left and tubular elements having successively smaller diameter disposed from left to right;
FIG. 16 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 15;
FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6; and,
FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the sixth embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 15 and 16.
The broken line showings of articles being dispensed in FIGS. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 29, 1994
Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
Inventor: Pete Kappas (Ambridge, PA)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Law Firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Application Number: 0/29,090
