Patent ID: 9596953
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A47J,B65D

Claim:
1. A device for storing and dispensing a standard stick of butter comprising: A rectilinear housing having at least one rectilinear cavity extending the length of the housing wherein at least one end of the housing is open and sized to accommodate the insertion of a standard stick of butter; at least one rectilinear knob at the end of the housing distal to the open end of the housing wherein said knob has an off center cavity within a hollow lower portion thereof and sized to receive a fingertip of a user therein to allow the user to turn the knob by inserting the fingertip into said cavity in the knob and rotating the knob with the fingertip; at least one rod extending axially from the knob and extending along the length of the housing within the cavity of the housing possessing external threads; and an open ended bracket to which the inserted stick of butter is anchored and wherein the bracket possesses a threaded through-hole through the center of the bracket which is engaged with the external threads of the at least one rod allowing such bracket to move in a linear motion along the length of the rod within the housing when the knob is turned thereby allowing the inserted stick of butter to move in a linear motion along the cavity in the housing.