Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – Each entirely depleted in order
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-28
2001-02-20
Skaggs, H. Grant (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
Each entirely depleted in order
C221S196000, C221S264000, C221S276000, C221S281000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189731
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for holding and dispensing cotton swabs or the like, wherein the device is comprised of a housing for holding the cotton swabs.
2. Description of the Related Art
Cotton swabs are offered in special containers or packagings, in many cases in jars with covers. After the containers are purchased, they are usually placed in cabinets in bathrooms and the cotton swabs are taken out of the containers as needed for use. Depending on the type of packaging, it is extremely difficult to remove the cotton swabs by hand from the containers. In many cases, more than one cotton swab are grasped or one cotton swab adheres to another and then again drops back into the container and causes the cotton swabs to be irregularly arranged in the container, so that the removal of the cotton swabs is made more difficult. Moreover, it is frequently considered time consuming when a cotton swab is needed quickly to have to first open a cabinet and a container, wherein the cabinet and the container then have to be closed again.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide a device for holding and dispensing cotton swabs or the like which ensures that the cotton swabs are securely stored and which ensures that always only one cotton swab can be removed without any problems.
In accordance with the present invention, in a device of the above-described type, the housing has at least two chambers extending parallel one behind the other for holding with play a plurality of cotton swabs arranged one above the other, wherein the chambers have an inclined bottom, wherein the frontmost chamber is connected to a slide member which holds only a single cotton swab, wherein a dispensing chamber is arranged underneath the slide member, and wherein a separating wall between two successive chambers can be raised as required by a predetermined dimension.
In a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, the cotton swabs are initially filled individually into the chambers. By moving the slide member, always only one cotton swab is transferred into the dispensing chamber in which it can then be easily grasped and removed. Searching for cotton swabs as was necessary in the past is not required. The device according to the present invention can be fastened in a simple manner to a wall, for example, in a bathroom.
In accordance with an advantageous feature, the device or its housing can be integrated with other housings which hold toothpaste, toothbrushes, paper napkins or cotton pads, so that a large structural unit is formed which always makes those items which are required in a bathroom easily accessible.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of the disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages, specific objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the drawing and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated and described preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Kueffner Friedrich
Skaggs H. Grant
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