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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
Patrick J. Smith, Iola, WI (US);
Andy L. Kirkpatrick, Green Bay, WI (US);
Michael R. Kilgore, Little Suamico, WI (US);
David G. Honan, Concord, MA (US);
Thomas J. Sorensen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Vito Lore, Providence, RI (US);
Timothy D. Jadin, Green Bay, WI (US);
Patrick J. Smith, Iola, WI (US);
Andy L. Kirkpatrick, Green Bay, WI (US);
Michael R. Kilgore, Little Suamico, WI (US);
David G. Honan, Concord, MA (US);
Thomas J. Sorensen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Vito Lore, Providence, RI (US);
Timothy D. Jadin, Green Bay, WI (US);
Dixie Consumer Products LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to dispensers for disposable cutlery. The invention also relates to banded packets of disposable cutlery that can be used in the cutlery dispenser of the present invention, as well as other cutlery dispensers that do not use a cartridge therein. The present invention also relates to disposable cutlery that has been adapted to make it better suited to stacking, such as for use in cutlery dispensers that do not include a cartridge.