Abstract: The present device is a magazine (10) which includes housing defining a medication storage area. An access door (22) is provided in the housing to gain access to stock the storage area with unit dose medication containers (34). The housing defines an open lower periphery which is covered by at least one locking mechanism having a release door (156). The locking mechanism includes a plurality of cams (166, 174, 186) cooperatively contained such that upon sequential operation, the release door (156) opens the lower periphery which allows the unit dose medication containers (34) to fall.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a candy tablet dispenser shaped to simulate a beverage can, or the like. What would normally be the pop-top region of the can slides laterally outwardly and, at the same time, ejects a tablet from the top of a stack of tablets that is stored internally. The ejector portion is finger-driven back and forth.

Abstract: A roll towel dispenser is attached to a folded towel dispenser housing by removing a cover from the housing, replacing the cover with an adaptor plate, inserting the roll towel dispenser into an aperture defined by the housing and adaptor plate, and supporting the roll towel dispenser on a partition in the housing interior.

Abstract: A golf ball dispensing and retrieval system comprises a hollow tube for holding a plurality of golf balls. A stop mechanism is removably attachable to the bottom end of the tube for dispensing balls one at a time. The stop mechanism includes a biased lever which is pivotally attached to the outside of the tube movable between an open position and a closed position. To dispense golf balls from the tube, the lever may be moved by depressing a trigger end to an open position in which the detent is lifted away from the end of the tube to allow passage of the balls. Balls may be picked up from a surface by pressing the end of the tube and detent down onto a golf ball, which moves the detent out of the way to allow entry of a ball into the end of a tube. The lever is biased to be normally closed so that the balls remain inside the tube as desired. A stop pin is attached to the lever to prevent release of more than one ball at a time.

Abstract: A pouch, preferably made of pliable and soft material such as a moisture proof or moisture repelling fabric, designed for holding and dispensing facial tissues from small pocket sized packages which pouch is removably attachable to a selectable location of the body of the person using the pouch, preferably an arm or leg and including a closable flap which when opened exposes the facial tissue for removal and use and which flap may additionally contain such items as licenses, passes, note pads and the like. In the preferred pouch there is also provided a pocket into which used facial tissues are placed which may be later removed for proper disposal. There may also be provided a pocket into which a lip balm or lip stick tube may be placed. The lip balm pocket is located preferably on the flap which may thus serve also as a place to grab in order to pull open the flap. The opening to the lip balm pocket is preferably elasticized so that the lip balm may be taken out and reinserted using one hand.

Abstract: A combination cracker dispenser and entertainment center is provided and consists of a housing that will contain a lazy susan tray near the bottom to hold crackers, a mechanism to dispense one cracker at a time, a dish near the top to hold dip therein to be used for the crackers and a built-in radio placed within a transparent middle portion of the housing.

Abstract: A garment or the like including a dispenser pocket attached thereon, formed by two overlaid panels, one of which is partially detachable, forming a pocket therebetween and further having an elongate opening through the outer panel allowing the storage of a multiplicity of sheets to be stored within the pocket, and removable through the elongate opening.

Abstract: A coin operated infant changing table includes a generally rectangular housing supporting a movable cover unit secured to the housing in a pivotal fashion. A coin receiving unit controls an internal lock which releasably secures the pivotable cover unit to the housing in a closed position. Automatic product dispensing means are provided which dispense a convenience product during the opening motion of the cover unit and hinged support arms secure the extended position of the cover unit while providing safety members to partially enclose the infant placed upon the cover unit. A disposable paper roll provides a supply of fresh paper to the infant changing surface.

Abstract: A device for organizing desk implements and for dispensing single sheets of paper. By repeatedly depressing and releasing a pressing bar mounted on a casing containing a stack of paper, one sheet at a time is advanced gradually from a slit in the casing. The device also has a pen-receiving stand aligned with the pressing bar, and one or more concave depressions in its upper surface in which paper clips or the like are retained by magnetic discs affixed to the underside of the depressions.

Abstract: A device for use in washing automobile windshields, the device comprising a receptacle including a front wall having first and second openings therein, a first bin for holding and dispensing towels, and second bin for holding water and a windshield washing device. The first bin has an upper end and includes a front panel having a lower end having an opening therein, a back panel spaced apart from the front panel and having a portion opposite the opening slanting toward the lower end of the front panel, and a towel dispenser above the opening for supporting towels in the upper end and for dispensing towels through the opening. The first bin is removably received in the first opening in the front wall of the receptacle such that the opening communicates with the exterior of the receptacle.

Abstract: A package for oral contraceptives that has the outward appearance of a hair brush. A first compartment serves as a pill storage compartment; it retains a three week supply of pills of the type that are individually packaged under a flexible bubble and collectively mounted on a frangible support surface. The floor of the first compartment is apertured and each aperture is pill-sized and positioned in registration with a pill under a bubble. A closure member such as a hinged lid masks the presence of the pill-storage compartment, but when the lid is open and a bubble is pressed against, the frangible support surface for the pill breaks and allows the pill to fall into a second compartment with an imperforate bottom. The second compartment is enclosed on three sides but open on a fourth so that a pill driven through its frangible support surface may be retrieved from such second compartment by tilting the brush.

Abstract: E-Z-T Golf Ball Dispenser is a device used by an individual on a practice tee or similar surface for the convenient placement of golf balls on a practice tee and the retrieval or pick-up of balls on and around a practice tee. The device allows for ease in carrying and is free-standing. The device allows for the storage of multiple golf balls due to the utilization of three (3) metal tubes in which golf balls are placed. By pressing a lever, a golf ball is released from storage to the lower horizontal portion of the device which is rounded and cut out in front to allow for the placement of the ball on a tee from above and the removal of the device from the tee by lowering the device thereby placing the ball on the tee and sliding the device away from the tee. Conversely, this device can also be used for the pick up of a single ball and placement on a tee thereby reducing the necessity of a golfer to bend over and pick up a ball.

Abstract: The distributor comprises a carriage (2) intended to contain a stack of sheets. This carriage (2) is mounted to slide between two stop positions on a support plate (7) thanks to ball bearings (6). The support plate (7) exhibits a slightly elevated rear portion (9) with a front step part (9a). By making a back and forth movement with the carriage (2), the bottom sheet of the stack is separated from the stack and held by the step (9a) on the front part of the plate (7) making it easy to take notes with but a single hand.

Abstract: A paper strip dispenser unit is disposed below a food slice receiving surface of food slicing machine. The dispenser is in the form of an elongate container having an upturned open side of which the stack of paper is fanned out to enable individual strips of paper to be withdrawn over the surface to receive sliced food.

Abstract: An adapter device for a cigarette package dispensing machine for modifying the dispensing machine to contain and dispense smaller sized packages than the dispensing machine was originally designed to contain and dispense. Typical cigarette dispensing machines include a plurality of package column support structures for supporting two adjacent front to back ranks of columns of stacked cigarette packages of a predetermined size. Each column support structure includes a movable package column pusher plate for moving the back most column of packages to the front of the column support structure when the front most column of packages has been depleted.

Abstract: An amusement and toiletry dispenser which organizes a wide variety of infant and toddler related sundries while entertaining baby. A diaper dispenser is provided which is adaptable to different sized diapers and provides visual indication of the number of diapers remaining. Storage includes: a tissue dispenser, a bottle rack with roll-top cover and a brush drawer. A towlette container holder is adaptable to different sized towlettes. A wind-up ferris wheel with peripheral lights provides amusement while compartments which revolve on the ferris wheel may be used to store small items or medicine.

Abstract: An electrically actuated can crusher having a housing, a motor mounted within the housing and a shaft rotatable by the motor and downwardly driven thereby having a crush plate thereon. The housing also includes a bottom crush plate allowing a can to be crushed to be placed in the housing between the crush plates. The housing includes an access door which, when in the open position, deactivates the motor. In this manner, when the door is closed, the motor can be activated to lower the shaft crush plate to crush a can placed therebetween. The shaft crush plate may include a lever movable in a slot in the housing to align the shaft crush plate in its movement and a reversing switch may be provided in the lever and slot to reverse the direction of movement of the shaft crush plate after crushing of a can.

Abstract: An apparatus for adapting a conventional mechanical cigarette vending machine having an upper tier of magazines and a lower tier of magazines, a first shelf for supporting a primary stack of cigarettes and a second shelf for supporting a reserve stack of cigarettes, to dispense cigarette packages containing one-half the number of cigarettes in a conventional package of cigarettes.The apparatus consists of three elements: an L-shaped insert designed to be attached to the pusher plate for moving the reserve stack of cigarettes into the vending position, a second insert designed to be attached by means of clips to the vertical wall of the forward portion of the magazine, and a clip element designed to be attached to the floor of this magazine below the reserve stack of cigarettes. This apparatus maintains the stack of packages of cigarettes, containing one-half the number of cigarettes in a normal package, in stacked relationship.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tool for retaining and releasing ringed members. Although primarily intended for use in dispensing ringed members onto Bingo-type game cards, the tool may also be used to release any type of ringed member such as nuts or washers onto screws or bolts. Regardless of its intended use, the tool comprises an axially elongated, hollow tube having oppositely disposed ends, the outer diameter of the tube being less than the inner diameter of a ringed member adapted to be retained thereon and released therefrom. A radially expandable member is secured to one end of the hollow tube and is adapted to reciprocate between a radially retracted position in which individual ringed members may be selectively released from said tube and a radially expanded position in which ringed members are retained on said tube. A recapturing element is secured to the opposite distal end of said tube for collecting ringed members which have been deposited on an adjacent surface.

Abstract: A towel-dispensing golf bag insert comprising an elongated tubular container having a central axis, a cap removably mounted to one end of the container, a rod of about the same length as the container and located along the container's central axis, and a base mounted to the end of the rod opposite the cap. The rod is reciprocable along the central axis of the container when the cap is removed and several towels are concentrically wrapped around the shaft of the rod being securely held against the rod as it is reciprocated. The rod further includes several vertically-spaced shelves which operate to separate the towels along the rod and a handle mounted to the end of the rod opposite the base for use in reciprocating the rod within the container. An end plug is also fixedly mounted to the end of the container opposite the cap and the completed towel dispenser is insertable into a conventional golf bag.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for holding automobile windshield washing apparatus. The device includes a bin having an open upper end, a lower closed end, and a back panel which tapers generally inward to attribute a restricted width to the closed end. The device also includes a body having an upper and lower portion. A paper towel dispenser is attached to the upper portion. The lower portion of the body includes a pocket into which the bin is adapted to be removably supported in a generally upright position giving access to the interior of the bin. In one embodiment, the body includes a plurality of generally vertically stacked pockets, each holding a bin.

Abstract: An apparatus for adapting a conventional, mechanical cigarette vending machine to dispense cigarette packages of increased length. The apparatus is an elongated, substantially rectangular sleeve for holding a series of longer cigarette packs in a vertically stacked position. The sleeve is suspended in the space left between two adjacent dividers of a conventional cigarette machine magazine after removing the divider therebetween. Two lips are provided at the top of the apparatus and one toward the bottom of the apparatus to support the apparatus between the two adjacent dividers and to connect the apparatus to the rear of the machine.

Abstract: The invention, in the embodiment depicted by way of example only, comprises an elongate rod which serves as a cartridge or carrier for a plurality of game-play chips. The chips are centrally apertured and are slidably engaged with the outer surface of the rod. A detent arrangement, fixed within the dispensing end of the rod selectively allows single chips, in turn, to be dispensed upon the supply of chips being slidably urged against the detent arrangement. In addition, the rod is hollow; the same defines a storage chamber or carrier for a marking pen. The hollow interior of the rod opens onto the end thereof which is opposite the dispensing end, and a marking pen frictionally engaged within the rod has the marker end projecting therefrom. A closure cap is received on the opposite end of the rod to protect the marker end of the pen when the latter is not in use. Too, the cap has an annular flange extending therefrom which serves as a retainer for the game-play chips.