Abstract: A battery dispenser that includes a container that has a face. The face has two edges that extend between sidewalls and between which is defined an aperture. The aperture may be of variable dimension such that a spacing between the two edges at one location is smaller than a diameter of the battery contained within the container. By concentrating manual forces at one of the edges, however, that one edge flexes to permit manual removal of the battery by grasping the ends of the battery via recess openings in the sidewalls that are adjacent to and in communication with the aperture. Preferably, the two edges are each curved with the widest spacing between the two edges being at the sides and the smallest spacing between the two edges being at the center.

Abstract: A battery dispenser that includes a container that has a face. The face has two edges that extend between sidewalls and between which is defined an aperture. The aperture may be of variable dimension such that a spacing between the two edges at one location is smaller than a diameter of the battery contained within the container. By concentrating manual forces at one of the edges, however, that one edge flexes to permit manual removal of the battery by grasping the ends of the battery via recess openings in the sidewalls that are adjacent to and in communication with the apertures. The sidewalls may each have a slot to permit viewing of the contents of the package.

Abstract: A backpack carried on the back of a vendor for transporting and dispensing packaged goods, such as food products or other merchandise. The backpack has a back wall, front wall, opposed side walls, a top closure, and a bottom wall defining a generally rectangular storage compartment. The backpack has at least one access opening at a lower end which is accessible to the hand of the vendor wearing the backpack. A plurality of packaged goods are supported in a vertically descendable disposition by a support member or receptacle installed in the storage compartment which has a lower portion disposed adjacent to the access opening and is configured to support the lowermost one of the packaged goods adjacent to the access opening such that it can be manually removed by the vendor while the backpack is being worn.

Abstract: A container accommodating a rodlike object (6) is comprising of a cylinder body (1), a shutter portion (2), and a cap (3). A retrieving port (10) for taking out the rodlike object 6 by holding the middle portion of the rodlike object 6 by fingers (7) and a through-hole for the head portion (11) for passing the head portion of the rodlike object are formed on the circumference wall of the cylinder body, in which a neck portion (12) having a clearance (12a) formed to have a smaller width than the thickness of the middle portion of the rodlike object is formed between the retrieving port and the through-hole for the head portion. The cylinder body is unitedly assembled thereon with the shutter portion and the cap in order, in which a shutter is opened by operating the rotation of the cap. According to the aforementioned structure, production of each part is easier, fewer numbers of parts, and further simplified assembly are possible, resulting in a small cost of production.

Abstract: A container for storing bags for re-use includes a substantially flat rear wall that extends in a lengthwise direction and can be mounted on a supporting surface by, for example, adhesive tape or screws. A pair of opposing side wall portions are joined with the rear wall, extend in the lengthwise direction, and have inward extending, opposing inner edges opposite the rear wall. A bottom portion is joined to the rear wall and to each of the side walls. The rear wall, the side walls, and the bottom portion define between them a convex interior of the container. Bags can be inserted into the interior of container through a top opening. A slit that is at least as wide as a predetermined minimum user wrist width extends lengthwise between the inner edges of the side walls over substantially the entire length of the container and into the interior of the container.

Abstract: A ticket dispensing machine which can dispense the lowermost ticket from a column of tickets, has a reciprocating arm member which includes a selector having a rocker arm to facilitate engagement with, and ejection of tickets. This allows the machine to efficiently dispense tickets which are distorted.

Abstract: A sheet dispenser or sheet dispenser subassembly including a coherent stack of tape flags or other adhesive-bearing sheets that can be unobtrusively permanently or removably adhered on a page of a book, catalog, brochure, etc., because it has a supple cover layer that is a thin, tear-resistant polymeric film. The dispenser subassembly has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a peripheral portion of the cover layer by which it can be adhered to the page which then serves as a back layer for the dispenser, whereas the dispenser includes a bottom layer on an outer surface of which is a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by which the dispenser can be adhered to a surface.

Abstract: A container for plastic bags has a mainly flat rear mounting portion for attachment to a supporting surface, two opposing, partially curved side walls, and a bottom portion. The top of the container is open. A slit extends vertically between the side walls, which extend toward each other opposite the mounting portion. A user can insert bags into the container through the open top and press them down to the bottom of the container. The user's wrist thereby fits in the slit between the side walls. Bags can be removed from the container by pulling them out through the slit.

Abstract: A package for beverage containers such as cans arranged in two or more axially-stacked tiers includes a carton having interconnected top, bottom and side walls. End closure structure connected to at least some of the walls closes one end of the carton. A dispenser for the containers includes first and second apertures defined in the end closure structure. The first aperture extends from one of the side walls and the bottom wall into the end closure structure, and the second aperture extends from the same side wall and the top wall into the end closure structure. The first and second apertures terminate remote from each other such that a portion of the end closure structure extends between the apertures and is connected to the side wall.

Abstract: An improved wrapper for planar articles that are to be stacked in a dispenser and manually engaged by a tab. Several embodiments of wrappers are discussed, each having an integral tab cut from a panel of the wrapper and extended from the wrapper. In one form, alternating wrapper tabs are of alternating positions so as to reduce the possibility of one wrapper inadvertently pulling and adjacent, superimposed wrapper with it when the tab of the lower wrapper is pulled, to dispense an article from the dispenser.

Abstract: A package for sanitary products comprises a wrapper which houses the products and can be torn so as to form at least one hole for the removal of the products. The hole facilitates the removal of the products while ensuring that the wrapper remains unimpaired and retains its shape and size over a longer period.

Abstract: The combination of (1) sheets of note paper in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on its bottom surface along one edge by which the sheet is adhered to the top surface of the adjacent sheet in the stack, the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of adjacent sheets at alternate opposite sides of the stack, and (2) a dispenser comprising a housing closely receiving the top, bottom and first side surfaces of the stack of sheets. The housing includes a top wall of flexible material adjacent the top surface of the stack, which top wall has through flanking slits parallel to and flanking side surfaces of the stack and generally centered along those side surfaces, and spaced edge surfaces extending between the flanking slits. The flanking slits and edge surfaces define two opposed flap like portions of the top wall and a slot through the top wall between the flap like portion through which slot projects a portion of the uppermost sheet in the stack.

Abstract: A dispenser for containing and dispensing products such as tablets, sweets and the like, including a generally thin, flat, box-like container having a lip-shaped exit portion at a circumferential edge. The dispenser may include a weakened portion at the lip; shaped exit portion and an ascending edge portion at the lip shaped portion.

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 tennis ball pack apparatus for dispensing balls in one mode of operation while positioned on a player's back and retrieving balls in another mode of operation upon removal from the back. An elongated housing which is strapped to the player's back includes two pairs of spaced walls which have different lengths to define predetermined openings adjacent to an oblong shaped bottom made up of flexible connected rod members. During the ball dispensing mode the player grips a ball through an opening and pulls against the flexible rod members to dispense the balls in seriatim. A U-shaped frame which is in slidable engagement with the walls of the housing is movable from a first position closely adjacent to the housing when operating in the ball dispensing mode while on the player's back to a second position extended from the housing when operating in a ball retrieving mode upon removal of the housing from the player's back.

Abstract: The present invention is a combination of a golf ball carrier and a shagger for golf balls where the golf ball can be retrieved from the carrier through the shagger end. The preferred embodiment of this invention is made of a tube slightly larger in diameter than a golf ball with several holes that are large enough for an individual to place his finger through. The tube has four slots at each end of the tube. O-rings of a slightly less diameter than the tube are placed over the ends of the tube and fit in the slot. These rubber o-rings form a mouth at both ends of the tube which has a diameter less than a golf ball. To use the invention, an individual places the tube over a golf ball which he wishes to shag and presses down on the tube. The rubber o-rings will flex outward allowing the golf ball to enter the tube and upon entrance in the tube the o-rings will then flex back into position so that the golf ball will remain in the tube.

Abstract: A device for storing and dispensing waste material containers and covers therefor is formed by a columnar member having two axially spaced storage compartments. The waste containers are stored in one compartment and the covers are stored in a second compartment. Each compartment is provided with a suitable opening for dispensing the container and/or cover. The device may stand freely on a planar surface or may be fixed to a wall or other support structure.

Abstract: A golf ball package, holder and dispenser with a cylindrical plastic molded base or sleeve, a replaceable plastic cover, and a deformable dispensing hole in the base side.The base is a one-piece plastic molding and the aperture is formed with an elliptical shape in the molding without additional parts.

Abstract: A coin dispenser for coins, tokens and the like comprises a tube with a loading scoop at one end and a dispensing slot at the other with the floor of the tube becoming planar and inclining downwardly from adjacent the other end of the tube towards the dispensing slot. The top of the tubular portion over the planar floor is open so that individual coins on the floor can be engaged by the thumb of the user grasping the tube and urged out through the dispensing slot one at a time facilitated by the angle of inclination of the floor. These coins can be fitted directly into slot machines or any coin operated device, one at a time, with the operator ejecting the coins from the slot of the dispenser as desired.

Abstract: A dispenser (10) for permanent wave rods (40) and end papers (51) from a box (50) of end papers is disclosed. The dispenser (10) includes a housing (11) and a retainer (20) for holding a plurality of rods (40). The rods (40) may be easily inserted an removed from the retainer (20) and the rod holder (25). The housing (11) is adapted to receive the retainer (20). The box (50) of end papers (51) is releasably held to the housing (11). Further, the dispenser (10) is releasably secured to the user of the dispenser (10).

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier for transporting and storing cylindrical cans. The carrier includes a plurality of elongated cylindrical tubes which are open at each end and have a longitudinally extending slot formed along their front. Each tube is dimensioned to slidably receive a can through its open top while a stop adjacent the bottom end of each tube retains the cans within the interior of the tube. The tubes are constructed of a resilient material so that, by grabbing and pulling a can from the bottom of a tube, the tube flexes outwardly and allows the can to pass past the stop and out of the bottom of the tube.

Abstract: A feeder dispenser for cotton swabs and other narrow elongate consumer items embodies a flexibly lipped discharge port which is open to a restricted mid-portion of the lowermost of a group of gravity-fed items, for individual extraction, by the use of thumb and forefinger, against a mild, resilient resistance.

Abstract: A holder for toothpicks and the like comprises a one-piece receptacle that is open at its rear and a one-piece retaining member that closes the rear of the receptacle and supports it. The receptacle has an upright front wall from which side walls project rearward, and at its bottom it has forwardly and downwardly inclined upper and lower outlet walls which converge forwardly to have their parallel laterally extending front edges spaced apart vertically by a small distance. The front portion of the lower outlet wall is flatwise flexible so that a toothpick can be drawn out forwardly between those front edges, each outlet wall having a central bay in its front edge for access to the toothpick. Receptacle and retaining member are slidingly connected by laterally outwardly projecting flanges along the rear edges of the receptacle side walls received in channel portions along opposite side edges of the generally flat retaining member. An abutment on the top of the receptacle defines an upper limit of sliding.

Abstract: A cartridge dispenser having structure for securing two columns of cartridges within a housing so that they do not jostle about when the dispenser is used and including structure for guiding the cartridges to the cartridge dispenser opening in a manner which avoids jamming.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing and individually dispensing cans or other similarly shaped objects. The apparatus is of tubular construction with a resilient dispensing-type outlet in the form of a slot near the lower portion of the tube to allow a can to be removed. A stop member is provided in the tube interior opposite the slot to contact the can between the center of gravity and the edge of the can to tilt the can forward in the slot.

Abstract: A dispenser for conical strainers having diametrically-projecting ears comprising elements defining a vertically-elongate, tubular structure open at its lower end and of a predetermined cross section wherein the distance between opposite corners exceeds the distance between the ears at diametrically-opposite sides of the strainers to be dispensed therefrom and supports at the open lower end of the structure located in diagonal corners comprising a single support positioned diagonally of one of the corners and spaced, parallel supports positioned diagonally of the other of the corners such as to support the rim of a strainer with its ears disposed in said corners and wherein the corner at the latter corner side is apertured to expose the ears at that corner.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for storing at least one fish hook in a channel, preferably an arcuate channel positioned around an axis and having a cross section complimentary to the fish hook shape, with the eye portion of the fish hook disposed radially outward from the axis of the channel and with the axis of the opening of the eye disposed parallel to the axis of the channel, and preferably with a plurality of fish hooks being protectively disposed in the channel with spring means urging the fish hooks toward one end of the channel against a resilient containment member confining the fish hooks to the channel at the end thereof adjacent openings in the apparatus of a size approximating that of the fish hook eye and positioned adjacent the fish hook eye at the location at which the fish hook is restrained by the containment member, the openings being divergent on at least one side of the fish hook eye such that a fish hook may be urged by the spring means to the end of the channel, contained there by the containmen

Abstract: A ball holder and dispenser utilizes a substantially hollow cylindrical rigid container, having both ends open. Each open end is configured to resist the injection or exiting of the balls, otherwise capable of being stored therewithin. The mechanism is provided with an elongated slot extending along a portion of the exterior surface of the cylinder, facilitating the injection of the lowermost ball by passing such lowermost ball through an overcomeable retaining mechanism. The balls may be retained in preferred locations within the cylinder prior to ejection. The cylinder is provided with means for removably attaching the cylinder to portions of the users clothing, thereby permitting the apparatus to be carried by the user during the playing of games involving the use of one or more balls stored within the container.

Abstract: A ball holder, particularly a tennis ball holder, capable of retaining one or two balls and easily attachable to the clothing is provided in which the two ball holder comprises a vertical strut member; an upper planar ball retaining member extending outwardly from the upper edge of said strut member; a lower planar ball retaining member extending outwardly from the lower edge of said strut member; and a cylindrical ball retaining member joined to the central portion of said strut member and lying between said upper and lower planar ball retaining members. The holder preferably employs elastic ball retaining members which extend from the outer regions of the planar ball retaining members to the cylindrical ball retaining member. A single ball retaining member is provided having a lower planar ball retaining member, arched ball gripping members and elastic ball retaining members.

Abstract: A packaged detergent composition consisting essentially of a container and, packed in the container, a first plurality of units each comprising a water-soluble synthetic organic detergent component of the composition, and at least one other plurality of units different from those of the first plurality and comprising at least one other component of the composition selected from the group consisting of detergent builders and detergent adjuvants each unit being in tablet, envelope, packet, capsule or other container form and having a weight of 5 to 30 grams and a volume of 4 to 20 milliliters.

Abstract: The toilet tissue storage container has two wide flexible tabs protruding downwards and angled inwards, one on the front wall and one on the rear wall. The strength and flexibility of the tabs is developed by the width, length, thickness and angle. The strength and flexibility enable the tabs to hold the weight of four rolls of tissue and expand outwards allowing a full or new roll of tissue to be withdrawn in its entirety. The protruding of the tabs from their respective walls is made possible by the narrow grooves on each side of each tab.

Abstract: A device carried by a fisherman for dispensing live insects, e.g., crickets and the like, used as fish bait. The device includes a bait container for holding a limited supply of the crickets and a bait dispensing head attached to the bait container for facilitating the act of empaling the cricket with a fishhook and for subsequently facilitating a gentle unrestrained removal of the cricket therefrom. The head includes a pair of jaws which entraps the cricket and constrains it as the fishhook is being thrust therethrough. The jaws are movable to an open position which releases the now hooked cricket allowing it to jump free of the dispensing head. The head also includes a movable gate for enabling the dispensing head to effectively constrain various different size crickets selectively therein.

Abstract: A golf ball holder for removably retaining a plurality of golf balls is provided. The holder is open ended and includes a vertically elongated hollow body member forming a pocket for the balls and a lower portion provided with transversely spaced arcuate side walls and diametrically opposed openings through which a ball may be drawn downwardly for removal. The walls of the holder are adapted to receive the shank portions of golf tees and a clip member is provided whereby the holder may be attached to the clothing worn by a golfer.

Abstract: A tennis ball device for use by tennis players and the like which mounts upon the back of a tennis player by means of an adjustable shoulder strap together with an adjustable waist belt and is provided with a dispenser end extending at substantially right angles from the bottom of the device. The device also is provided with resilient strap structure for holding the player's tennis racket. An elliptical outlet opening on the dispenser portion together with a thumb recess enables the player to quickly and easily obtain a tennis ball from the device when needed. The dispenser end is inclined upwardly from the right angle position of the end so that the stored tennis balls normally will not be at the open end of the dispenser unit until such time as the user of the device tilts the device backwardly.

Abstract: A golf ball holder comprising a rigid cylindrical housing having an upper retaining chamber and a lower dispensing chamber. At the lower end of the housing, adjacent the dispensing chamber, there is a lateral opening moderately larger than the size of the golf balls to be retained. A resilient retaining finger extends upwardly a moderate distance into the dispensing chamber to prevent golf balls in the container from dropping fully in the dispensing chamber. Golf balls can be moved laterally into and from the dispensing chamber by depressing the retaining finger either by hand contact or with the golf ball as it is moved either into or from the dispensing chamber portion. A pair of vertically spaced closure members at the top of the housing have circumferentially spaced mounting holes in which golf tees can be conveniently located.

Abstract: An improved tennis ball carrier adapted to be carried on the person of a player comprises an axial structure divided into two axially aligned compartments and provided with a retaining lip at the mouth of each opposed open end, at least one side opening or means permitting fingers to access the mouth-opposing back side of an enclosed tennis ball and means for maintaining a snug hold on enclosed tennis balls under game playing conditions, but which still permits ready access to the back side of the ball. A belt or other clothing attachment may be provided permitting a player to harness the device to the body. A tennis ball held by the device may be released by applying finger pressure to the back side of the enclosed tennis ball compressing the ball sufficiently while urging it past the lip retaining it in the enclosure.

Abstract: A vertically-mountable storage and dispenser unit for holding and individually dispensing a large number of small boxes. The unit is constituted by a frame having a rectangular back wall and a pair of side walls secured to the edges of the back wall to create a channel. Projecting inwardly from each side wall is a series of stepped ledges each pair of which defines a distinct sub-channel for receiving boxes, the lower end of each sub-channel having a stop to hold the boxes therein. The leading edges of the ledges are staggered with respect to the back wall to provide discharge openings for lateral removal of the boxes from the subchannels. The sides of the ledges are staggered with respect to the back wall, each front ledge registering with an opening formed in the adjacent ledge which in turn registers with an opening in the next ledge, the rear ledge registering with an opening in the back wall whereby the unit may be injection molded in a one-piece operation.