Abstract: A dispenser is provided which is adapted for dispensing from a table top and it is convertible to dispensing from a conventional rolled product fixture. The dispenser includes a housing having a compartment configured to hold sheets. The housing also has a dispensing opening. The housing is configured to be positioned on a table top for dispensing sheets therefrom, and the housing includes a sling which permits the housing to be coupled to a conventional rolled product fixture. The sling is masked when the dispenser is positioned for dispensing from a table top. The sling is readily releasable to permit the housing to be coupled to a fixture in a bathroom.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided for simultaneously storing and dispensing premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets. The dispenser includes a housing having a compartment configured to retain a supply of tissue sheets. An adjustable support mechanism is disposed on an exterior surface of the housing sides. The support mechanism engages with a roll product support fixture and is adjustable longitudinally between the back and front of the housing to accommodate fixtures having varying length support arms.

Abstract: A dispensing system that includes a housing and a cartridge which is to be inserted into the interior area of the housing. The housing includes a plurality of intersecting exterior sidewalls, a first end wall defining a dispensing throat, a second end wall, and a means for securing a cartridge within the housing. The cartridge includes a flexible bag, a plurality of products compressed within the flexible bag in the dispensing direction, a means for restraining the cartridge within the housing, and a means for releasing the products from the flexible bag.

Abstract: A product comprising an absorbent paper material and a dispenser adapted to hanging from a support such as a towel bar or a hook is disclosed. The dispenser can be optionally located on a surface instead of hung from a support, and a space at the bottom of the dispenser protects the absorbent paper material from damage due to liquid spills on the surface. The dispenser has an advantage of two distinct dispensing modes, and protection of the unused absorbent paper material from liquid spills.

Abstract: 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 roll of crackers. The housing is of elongate rectangular shape with a horizontal lower wall of a rectangular shape slightly larger than the individual crackers. Three upstanding walls include a rear wall and opposing side walls which extend from the lower wall to retain the plurality of crackers into a cracker receiving interior chamber defined by the housing in a stacked position. A movable door in the form of a sliding door or a latching hinged door is connected to the housing to selectively cover a cracker roll receiving opening formed at the front of the housing between the two side walls to admit crackers from the roll thereof and closing to cover the cracker roll receiving opening.

Abstract: A roll mounted T-shirt bag, method for making and dispenser for same are described. The bag is designed for fresh produce and includes front and rear panels, first and second side gussets, a bottom seam, a top seam and a U-shaped cutout forming an openable bag mouth and a pair of carrying handles. The bags are joined above and below the upper and lower seams at first and second perforation lines. The bags are wound onto a cylindrical core to form a compact roll. In a variant of the invention, the bags are folded inwardly from the side edges prior to rolling onto the core to form a more compact roll. A method is described for forming the bags from an extruded tube of plastic film material. Dispensers are described that are designed to hold the roll mounted bags in both folded and unfolded form. The dispensers include a separating tongue designed to engage the U-shaped cutout.

Abstract: A portable golf ball storage, dispensing and display apparatus is provided having a linearly elongated tubular housing, a mounting bracket, and a housing alignment support. The tubular housing is constructed of a rigid, transparent plastic material and has a uniform diameter which is slightly larger than a diameter of a golf ball. The tubular housing is designed and configured for storing approximately twelve golf balls in a vertically aligned series. The tubular housing further includes a removably securable top cap designed so as to be securely maintained within an anterior end of the tubular housing.

Abstract: A pizza delivery system and method is provided for insuring a pizza box has not been opened prior to delivery to the consumer. The pizza delivery system includes a tape dispenser for dispensing numbered pieces of tape used to seal a box in which fresh pizza has been placed for delivery to a consumer. The pizza delivery method generally provides for sealing the pizza box with a piece of numbered tape, reporting the number on the piece of tape to the consumer at the time the order is placed, and permitting the consumer to refuse the pizza if the piece of tape has been broken or removed prior to delivery of the pizza thus insuring the pizza has not been tampered with during delivery of the pizza.

Abstract: A gravity teed device for holding and dispensing quantities of merchandise and which is capable of being supported upon an upright merchandising display. An elongated and substantially sleeve shaped blank has first, second, third and fourth interconnecting and elongate extending sides, a open top, and a bottom. An opening is defined in the first side, proximate the bottom, and forms a vertical abutment extending between a lower-most edge of the opening and the bottom and acts to prevent unassisted dispensing of quantities of merchandise. A support member extends proximate the open top and from which the device is supported at a specified elevated location and upon the merchandising display. A first end of the member secures to a selected location along the upright merchandising display, a second end of the support member engaging the top of the display.

Abstract: Apparatus for convenient and secure storage of firearm ammunition, especially shotshells, while permitting quick access to the shells for loading of the gun. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a main storage compartment, capable of holding a full box of shotgun shells, having an extended shell loading tray. A removable snap fit lid fits atop the main storage compartment, and projecting lips on the rear wall of the main storage compartment fit into a channel on an accompanying base. The base may be mounted on a structure, for example the wall of a hunting blind. To use the apparatus, the main storage compartment can then be removed, inverted over a full box of shotgun shells, then turned over again together with the box of shells. Next, the main storage compartment can be slid into the base, then the box removed, which drops the shotgun shells into the main storage compartment.

Abstract: A dispensing device for a container comprises a housing having an open top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion of the housing is attached or permanently affixed to a container opening. An adjustable opening is disposed at the bottom of the housing may be adjusted to permit one of the contents of the container to pass from the housing.

Abstract: A device for dispensing card-like media, referred to as "cards", from a stack of such cards has a front-loading magazine for storing and dispensing the cards, the magazine being received within a primary aperture of a housing. The magazine has a casing formed by two lateral walls and a base and having a mechanism for biasing the stack of cards towards its front opening. A front cover, attached to the casing near its front end, retains the stack of cards within the casing and provides a slot shaped to facilitate manual removal of a single card from the stack. The front cover is displaceable between a closed position in which the front cover closes most of the front opening and an open position in which the front cover allows front loading of the cards into the casing. The open position is such that the front cover forms a partial obstruction to the front opening so as to retain the stack of cards within the cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing articles bearing information thereon that is made of a box like container having a hinged lid for loading articles such as business cards. The front side of the box, opposite the hinged side, is slightly shorter than the other sides, whereby a slit is formed between the lid and the front side. A spring biasing means is attached to the bottom of the box and lifts a supporting surface and the business cards towards the lid. Interested individuals may remove the cards through the slit and the spring biasing means will replenish the cards.

Abstract: The invention provides a cup dispenser for sequentially dispensing a stacked column of disposable cups, including a mounting plate provided with means for attaching the dispenser to a vertical surface, a cup-retaining and dispensing body attachable thereto and suspendable therefrom, the body being provided with an annular opening having a lower edge and with retaining means consisting essentially of at least two wedge-like protrusions extending from the inner walls thereof and positioned within a same imaginary first semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening, the wedge-like protrusions each having an apex, an inside face and a base, wherein the bases face the lower edge and the protrusions taper into the opening from the respective apexes to the respective bases along the inside face, and wherein at least one inner wall segment of the opening, positioned between the protrusions within the same imaginary semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening, is provided with a recess to facilitate the local outw

Abstract: A dispenser is formed of a flexible plastic pouch which has a removable flap providing an opening adjacent the bottom of the pouch, and a mounting element adhesively attached adjacent the top of the pouch which provides selective mounting to diverse surfaces. The mounting element has opposed interengaged Velcro pads whereby when the pouch is adhesively mounted to a surface, the Velcro pads may be disengaged and the pouch removed and replaced with another pouch. A plurality of stacked reclosable ended separate plastic bags are disposed in a folded stack within the pouch. A portion of one outermost plastic bag is disposed in the bottom pouch opening so that the user by the thumb and forefinger pulls the one plastic bag portion causing the one plastic bag to frictionally engage and slide over the adjacent plastic bag and through the opening without tearing the pouch or dismounting the mounting element from the surface mount.

Abstract: The dispenser and rack for a roll of paper, plastic, or foil, which comprises a magazine for generally vertical disposition having an open bottom, and the inside dimensions of the magazine are sufficient to accommodate at least one roll. A paddle is mounted in the magazine, and a handle affixed to the paddle extends from an opening in the magazine and is free to be moved along the opening so as to actuate the paddle between a lower-most position and an upper-most position. The paddle is arranged so when in its lower-most position, it obstructs the open bottom so as to prevent a roll from dropping from the magazine; and when the paddle is actuated to its upper-most position, clearance is provided to allow a roll to drop from the magazine. A suitable bracket depends from the magazine beneath the open bottom, and the paddle allows one roll a time to drop from the magazine for engagement with the bracket, and is revolvedly mounted on the bracket, thereby exposing the roll for use.

Abstract: A light weight vertically disposed plastic storage and dispenser which can store and dispense both toilet paper and feminine protection articles such as tampons or napkins. Both dispensers are in the same housing which is mounted to a vertically supported base. Flexible support arms rotatably mounted the toilet paper roll above the feminine article dispenser. Upper and lower openings in the feminine article dispenser allow articles to be placed in it in the upper opening and dispensed one at a time by gravity feed from the lower opening.

Abstract: A bag dispensing device comprising an elongate, tubular housing defining open top and bottom ends. Extending between the top and bottom ends is a passage for receiving and storing a plurality of bags. Extending through the passage and from the open top and bottom ends of the housing is an elongate, flexible dispensing member. The dispensing member is configured such that when pulled from the bottom end of the housing, one of the bags stored within the passage is dispensed from the bottom end.

Abstract: A length of flexible cord is arranged to support a pair of stop elements below a hanging loop. The stop elements are of a size and shape to pass individually through the hollow cylindrical core of a roll of paper towels or toilet tissues but, when suspended in side-by-side relation at the bottom of a vertically oriented roll, are collectively too large to pass through the core and thus serve to support the roll in vertical orientation. A hanging loop at the top of the roll can be suspended over any convenient means, such as a hook, doorknob or the like, so that the holder is easily portable to a location in which the towels or tissues will be used. A section of the cord hangs downward over the exterior of the roll and serves to keep the roll from unwinding by gravity, and also provides a source of resistance against which individual sheets may be torn from the roll. This outer cord element may hang by gravity or may be engaged with the stop elements and thus held snugly against the exterior of the roll.

Abstract: Distributor of the type comprising ball storing means and an articulated arm supplying a ball to the striking area. According to the invention, the ball storage means consists of a prismatic housing including, adjacent to each of its ends, supporting devices causing the bottom thereof to slope downwards in the direction of its open downstream end, which delimits an outlet for the passage of only one ball, its arm being articulated about a pivot pin in the housing. The distributor comprises a longitudinal chute, the upstream end being longitudinally closed, but having an opening for the distribution of a ball, while the upstream end is configured in the shape of a scoop for seizing a ball. Spring return means are placed between the housing and the arm to bring said arm into a substantially vertical position, once a ball is released.

Abstract: A protective dispenser for dispensing serially arranged sheet materials, includes a container bounding an open-ended internal chamber for receiving the materials. A partitioning wall spans the internal chamber and supports the materials. The partitioning wall has an opening for the successive passage of the materials therethrough. The partitioning wall is disposed at a distance from the open end of the chamber so that a skirt region of the container that surrounds the open end provides an environment that is sheltered from the elements for the materials to emerge into after passing through the opening. The skirt region may be provided with an aperture for the passage of the respective material therethrough from the sheltered environment to the outside of the container. A channel may be formed at the exterior of the container, leading from the aperture all the way to a free end of the skirt region.

Abstract: An adhesive label dispenser which can accommodate multiple rolls, which allows for easy substitution of rolls without disassembly of the device, and which eliminates the need for continuous removal and disposal of the used backing paper.

Abstract: A vending apparatus for supplying articles such as snacks is disclosed. Articles to be dispensed from the apparatus travel horizontally in a direction parallel with the front surface of the apparatus to a position from which the articles drop through a vertical shaft at the side of the apparatus to a delivery area. The apparatus is compact in size and is capable of holding a large inventory of different snack articles. The apparatus has a low profile and may be mounted to a wall by means of a mounting bracket.

Abstract: A golf cart ball dispenser comprising: a rigid tube having a small interior diameter and having a large outside diameter, the tube having an elongated upper linear extent, the tube having a lower curved portion, the curved portion having a radius of curvature with the center of curvature located laterally offset from an intermediate portion of the upper linear extent, the curved portion having an opening on its upper extent, the opening being of a length greater than the small diameter and a width greater than the small diameter; and an end cap at the end of the curved portion remote from the upper linear extent to retain golf balls therein.

Abstract: A chalk dispenser for containing and dispensing chalk. In one embodiment, the chalk dispenser is in the shape of a box and has a partially closed bottom, with laterally opening sides so that individual pieces of chalk can be pushed or pulled from the bottom. The bottom is preferably concave shaped to be complimentary to the shape of the chalk being dispensed. A window is provided in the front of the dispenser so that the level of chalk can be determined. In a second embodiment, a plurality of parallel channels are provided into which individual pieces of chalk can be inserted. The channels are preferably concave in shape with slots so that the chalk can be contacted by a user and slid out of the channel. The channels have a length which is slightly less than the length of the chalk so that the ends of the chalk can be grasped by a user and pulled or pushed from the channels.

Abstract: A tissue carton especially adapted for use in automobiles is disclosed. The carton contains a pre-folded (such as c-folded or v-folded) interfolded clip of tissues which dispenses in a pop-up fashion. The tissues are dispensed through the upper edge of the carton. The carton is thin and wide to fit in a variety of locations within an automobile. The carton can also be provided with a hook-and-loop fastener to affix the carton to a convenient surface within the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a modular display for merchandising tubular cartridges containing adhesives, caulks, sealants or similar flowable elastomeric materials, where each cartridge contains a narrow dispensing nozzle at one end of the cartridge. The modular display unit comprises structural means for automatically aligning the cartridges horizontally and orientating the nozzles forwardly while stacking the cartridges in vertical rows by gravity feed. The internal structure includes a slotted front panel where the slot engages the narrowed nozzles but prevents passage of the enlarged tube end of the cartridge. The display unit enables the consumer to remove cartridges from the bottom and to reinsert cartridges at the top along with maintaining the intended forward orientation and horizontal alignment in the vertically stacked cartridges.

Abstract: A dispenser and display device is suspended by a ceiling element that is inserted in a drop ceiling in place of a standard drop ceiling panel. The ceiling element has a number of channels formed to run in different directions, so that the dispenser can assume various orientations. The dispenser has a main body that has gravity feed, article-holding trays movably mounted inside so that the trays can be released without removal from the main body. The trays can be rearranged relative to the main body so that dispensing of articles can take place from the front, rear, or both sides of the main body.

Abstract: A dispenser and display device is suspended by a ceiling element that is inserted in a drop ceiling in place of a standard drop ceiling panel. The ceiling element has a number of channels formed to run in different directions, so that the dispenser can assume various orientations. The dispenser has a main body that has gravity feed, article-holding trays movably mounted inside so that the trays can be released without removal from the main body. The trays can be rearranged relative to the main body so that dispensing of articles can take place from the front, rear, or both sides of the main body.

Abstract: The invention provides a dispenser for disposable cups, comprising a mounting plate provided with means for attachment of the dispenser to a vertical surface; and a cup-retaining and dispensing body extending therefrom, the body being provided with an annular opening having a lower edge, and with wedge-like protrusions extending from the inner walls thereof into the opening, the base of the wedge facing the lower edge, and at least a major part of the protrusions being positioned within the same imaginary semi-annular, co-planar segment of the opening; whereby the protrusions, in conjunction with a segment of the inner walls, retain the rim of a downwardly-extending cup to be dispensed, until the removal thereof from the dispenser.

Abstract: A package (10) is disclosed including a dispensing carton (12) containing a stack of covered bowls (54) holding ready-to-eat breakfast cereal. The carton (12) includes a removable tab (64) including an upper, linear, perforated line (66) and a lower, linear, perforated line (68) spaced from and parallel to the bottom edge (44) of the front panel (18). The side panels (24, 32) of the carton (12) each include a cut, arcuate line (70) extending from the upper line (66) and a linear, perforated line (72) parallel to its bottom edge (40) and extending from the arcuate line (70) to the corner between the front panel (18) and the side panel (24, 32). The front panel (18) further includes first and second cut lines (74) extending from the linear lines (72) of the side panels (24, 32) to the opposite ends of the lower line (68) which are spaced from the corners between the front panel (18) and the side panels (24, 32).

Abstract: A hamper attachable to a back of a door for receiving laundry. The hamper is dimensioned to fit between the door and an adjoining wall when the door is in an open position and includes a receptacle structure in which the front panel may take the form of either a rigid panel or a deformable fabric panel. A spring supported movable wall for ejecting laundry from the hamper is disclosed and an alternate embodiment of the present invention includes a deodorant dispenser for spraying a mist of sanitary fluid onto the associated laundry.

Abstract: A tennis ball handling system in which a first storage container (1) for many tennis balls (2) is filled at the tennis ball producer with new tennis balls suitable for play, is transported to an installation site, such as a sporting goods store, tennis facility, etc. and installed at the installation site, a second storage container for many tennis balls is filled at the installation site with used tennis balls that are no longer suitable for play and in which the used balls are transported back to the tennis ball producer or to a recycling operation and emptied there, and reusable player's storage containers that can be bought, rented, borrowed in a deposit system or acquired at no cost by the player, are filled with a small number of new tennis balls (2) that are removed from the first storage container (1) for use by the tennis player, and from which used tennis balls (2) that are no longer suitable for play are emptied by the player into the second storage container at the installation site.

Abstract: A coffee filter storage and dispensing canister includes a container body having an interior compartment storing an inverted stack of coffee filters and one end with a dispensing opening for dispensing coffee filters therefrom, a cover removably fitted on an opposite end of the container body, a hold-down member disposed over the inverted stack of coffee filters, and a plurality of biasing elements disposed between the cover and hold-down member causing the hold-down member to exert a hold-down force on the inverted stack of coffee filters biasing the stack toward the dispensing opening of the container body. The canister also includes a filter separator crank and a filter retainer arm installed adjacent to the dispensing opening of the container body and extending within the interior compartment thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for storing and dispensing pieces of chalk, the apparatus comprising a container including an outside surface having an input port and an output port formed therein such that the output port is positioned other than directly beneath the input port, a chalk channel positioned within the container and connecting the input port to the output port such that the input port is located at a highest point of the channel and the output port is located at a lowest point of the channel, the channel having a width so as to allow each piece of chalk within the channel to contact no more than two other pieces of chalk in the channel, and a dispensing rack extending from the outside surface of the container proximate to the output port for holding at least one piece of chalk.

Abstract: A new and improved multiple-roll toilet paper dispenser rack for storing a plurality of rolls of toilet paper within the unused space of a bathroom cabinet and dispensing the rolls one at a time through an opening in the cabinet, the multiple-roll toilet paper dispenser rack comprising an elongated shallow pan having an inside width essentially the same as the width of a toilet paper roll, the shallow pan having a length substantially greater than the diameter of a toilet paper roll wherein a plurality of rolls may be placed, the shallow pan being fixedly mounted at a slight downward incline inside a bathroom cabinet adjacent to an opening through the cabinet wherethrough toilet paper rolls may be dispensed.

Abstract: A beverage can dispensing method and apparatus for use in a refrigerator comprising three angularly disposed shelves, two said shelves being angularly disposed from front to rear to enable cans to roll from front to rear. A third shelf angularly disposed in a downward direction from the rear to the front to allow cans to descend from said first two shelves to the third shelf and ultimately to the position of ejectment from the front of the dispenser and means cooperable therewith to raise a can for ejectment by reason of the pressure of other cans on said third shelf against a can in the ejectment position.

Abstract: A refillable or disposable mouthwash and cup dispensing system incorporating a handle effect from the dispenser and cooperating with a wall mounted bracket to simplify removal and refilling. A mechanism for conserving the taps from dispensable units is disclosed.

Abstract: A push button coupon dispenser comprises a housing having a roll of coupons, a coupon ejection slit, a battery, a motor and a push button electrically connected to the battery and the motor for activating the motor. The housing further includes a coupon advancing means having a guide means to guide the coupon to the ejection slit, and a timer to provide a time delay between each coupon ejection. A coupon sensor detects the presence or absence coupons at the exit slit. The coupon dispenser is mounted on a smooth surface at the point of purchase by means of a suction-cup mount plate.

Abstract: A bag dispenser for a plurality of bags in which the bags are retained on a tray which has an apertured, fold-back flap at one end. The tray, the bag pack and the fold-back flap are enclosed within an overwrap. When the portion of the overwrap covering the aperture is removed, bags can be dispensed one at a time through the aperture.

Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of firearm cartridges having resilient portions to prevent movement, and therefore noise, of the firearm cartridges and having access openings to permit removal of a predetermined number of the firearm cartridges from a firearm cartridge removal section of the device and to permit the movement of the remaining firearm cartridges into the firearm cartridge removal section and wherein the resilient portions prevent movement, and therefore noise, of the remaining firearm cartridges.

Abstract: A coffee filter dispensing and storage device which is compact, and inexpensive to manufacture. The device comprises a housing having a hollow interior in which a stack of coffee filters are located, and a cover pivotally mounted thereon. The cover includes a simple biased plunger mechanism with a wax or putty-like adherent at one end to extract the top most of a nested stack of coffee filters stored in a device. The device may be placed on a counter or table top or mounted on a wall or beneath a shelf or counter. Restraining tabs are used to prevent the filters from falling or spilling out of the device when the cover is opened. A locking mechanism is provided to hold the cover closed.

Abstract: A paper plate dispenser for use on a picnic table or for mounting on a wall of a cabinet. The dispenser includes a peripheral wall having an axis and having axially spaced first and second wall portions. The first wall portion has a plurality of mounting projections on the radially inner side thereof. The second wall portion has a radially inner flange surrounding an exit opening. The flange and a part of the adjacent wall portion have a cutout portion for manually gripping the axial end plates of a stack of plates within the dispenser and for flexing or warping the end plates and for drawing them axially out through the exit opening.

Abstract: For manually dispensing successively lowermost articles from a stack, the stack is housed in a device which includes a downwardly opening container removably supported in an upwardly and frontally opening box portion of a support. An article removal slide is received in a slot defined between a bottom wall of the box and the lower edge of the container. An upwardly projecting tang, at the back of the slide, drags the lowermost article forwards, out of the slot, as a handle on the front of the slide is pulled forward. Detents in sidewalls of the box above the bottom wall removably mount to complementary features on the container side walls. Guides and an out-stop are provided between the article removal slide and the box bottom wall. The slide is received in a central recess in the box bottom wall. Flanking surfaces of the box bottom wall support the lowermost article which also rests on the slide.

Abstract: The invented anti-contamination orthodontic device dispenser includes a container for housing orthodontic devices, an aperture in the container through with the devices are dispensed, and a guide structure which directs the devices to the aperture for dispensing. The dispenser is gravity and friction controlled so that when one device is dispensed, the next device is presented and ready for dispensing. The container and guide structure are constructed so that the devices are stacked on top of each other and touching because of gravity. Each device has a tooth on its upper surface and ridges on its lower surface. When a device is dispensed, its tooth contacts the ridges on the device immediately above it creating friction which positions the next device for dispensing. The invented dispenser is particularly effective for dispensing orthodontic O-rings mounted on a carrier or stick.

Abstract: The label dispenser and holder of the present invention includes a rectangular frame having a bottom support member, a top member, a pair of spaced apart end members, a back member, and a front member. At least two rectangular label dispensers are positioned within the holder. The holder includes various brackets which permit it to be universally mounted to various types of supporting surfaces, including a bracket for detachably securing the holder to a person's belt. The dispenser box of the present invention includes a pair of spaced apart slits in the edge wall of the box. Either one or two guide members are provided within the box for guiding a label type having a backing strip and a label strip detachably adhered to one side of the backing strip. The guide members guide the label tape so that the labels are separated from the backing strip and are expelled from one of the two slots in the edge wall of the box.

Abstract: A canister container holds stacked flexible dishes, nominally plates, in their normal upright orientation in position above a large, roughly circular, central bottom aperture to such canister. The plates are supported in this position within the canister by an inwardly-directed peripheral flange extending approximately 230 degrees around the circumference of the bottom aperture which engages the edge margin of a bottom one of the stacked flexible plates. The stacked flexible plates are also supported in this position by at least one, and preferably two, inwardly-directed peripheral tabs which are situated about the bottom aperture of the canister at positions opposite to the flange. The canister also preferably has a second aperture in its cylindrical sidewall between and above the location of the two tabs to the bottom aperture.

Abstract: A golf tee dispenser including a length of rigid cylindrical tubing adapted to receive a plurality of golf tees therein and a thin elastic member disposed and held in tension transversely through the center of longitudinal axis of the tube and through and between opposing apertures formed in the walls of the tube adjacent one end. The elastic member is adapted, when tensioned, to retain the golf tees within the tube and to manually dispense one golf tee at a time when the tube is generally upright, the elastic member and apertures are at the lower end thereof, and the golf tees are downwardly pointed. Various forms of the elastic member are also provided, along with releasable engagement means for attachment of the dispenser to golf equipment such as bags and carts.

Abstract: The label dispenser and holder includes a rectangular frame having a bottom support member, a top member, a pair of spaced apart end members, a back member, and a front member. At least two rectangular label dispensers are positioned within the holder. The holder includes various brackets which permit it to be universally mounted to various types of supporting surfaces, including a bracket for detachably securing the holder to a person's belt. The dispenser box of the present invention includes a pair of spaced apart slits in the side wall of the box. A guide member is within the box and includes a central portion positioned adjacent one of the slots and a pair of leaf portions extending in opposite directions from the central portion. The leaf portions and the central portion are in close spaced relationship to the side wall adjacent the elongated slot.

Abstract: A storage and dispensing device is provided for use in a tape cassette dispensing machine. The device comprises a bin with side by side sliding compartments, each slidable to extend from one bid side to expose an open compartment side for insertion or removal of a cassette. The bin is mounted by means of two tongues extending from each of the upper and lower bin sides. The tongues extend rearwardly from the upper and lower bin sides. Each tongue has an opening with a slot and a locking rod is inserted into a pair of slots.