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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Paul Joseph Baker, Saylorsburg, PA (US);
Robert Croft, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Sergio Gedanke, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Richard Hirst, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Insun Yun, New York, NY (US);
Paul Joseph Baker, Saylorsburg, PA (US);
Robert Croft, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Sergio Gedanke, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Richard Hirst, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Insun Yun, New York, NY (US);
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A dispenser for small objects, such as candy, pills, tablets, and other objects of similar size. The dispenser includes a housing having a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall and two opposing side walls. The housing defines an interior volume and an aperture providing access to the interior volume. A cover is movably attached to the housing and has a closed position for securing objects within the interior volume and at least one opened position for displaying and/or dispensing the objects from the interior volume. Two flanges depend from the cover. The flanges are functionally engaged respectively with the sides walls of the housing such that the cover is laterally movable with respect to the housing, selectively rotatable about an axis defined in the housing, and movable into the closed and opened positions including a stowed position in which the cover is opened, the cover is substantially flush with the housing and, except for the thickness of the cover, the cover does not extend substantially beyond the planes of the front wall and the side walls.