Article dispensing – Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article – With casing or support
Patent
1996-01-12
1998-02-10
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
Concurrent separation and distortion of flexible article
With casing or support
206312, A47K 1024
Patent
active
057159700
ABSTRACT:
A storage and dispensing apparatus for use with compact disks (CDs) and the like includes a housing portion having a plurality of closed edges and an open top edge, with a front surface, and terminating in a bottom flange portion bearing a feature for insertion into a magazine. Slidably carried within the housing portion is a CD tray portion, which can be fully inserted within the housing portion for storage or transport, with only a tab portion extending at least some distance above the housing portion open top edge. The CD tray portion includes an upper return to engage the edge of a CD to prevent its inadvertent removal, and a lower return carried on the bottom edge of the tray, which engages an inwardly-disposed catch member carried on the front surface of the housing to prevent the tray from being completely removed from the housing.
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Johnson Larry D.
Noland Kenneth
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