Patent ID: 9659426
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A47F,B65D,G07F

Claim:
1. A cartridge for bulk stocking of a dispenser; the dispenser having a cartridge holding area for receiving the cartridge, the cartridge holding area having a top, a bottom, two sides, a back, an exit port in the bottom of the cartridge holding area at the back of the cartridge holding area, and a resting surface with a front edge at a front of the bottom of the cartridge holding area; the cartridge comprising: a) a top, a bottom, a back, and two sides, enclosing an internal volume for containing at least one row of rolling products; b) a retaining flap formed in the bottom of the cartridge, comprising a front edge, a back edge and two sides, the back edge of the retaining flap forming a rearmost portion of the bottom of the cartridge adjacent to the back of the cartridge, the front edge and the back edge being separated by a distance at least equal to a radius of one of the rolling products and less than twice the radius of the rolling product, the retaining flap being separable from the cartridge at the back edge and along the two sides; and c) a priming flap formed in the bottom of the cartridge, having a back edge removably coupled to the front edge of the retaining flap, a front edge, and two sides; the two sides of the priming flap being separable from the cartridge, the front edge of the priming flap and the back of the cartridge being separated by a distance of at least as large as twice the radius of the rolling product, such that when the priming flap and the retaining flap are at least partially separated from the cartridge, an opening is defined in the bottom of the cartridge equal to at least twice the radius of the rolling product, such that the rolling products may exit the cartridge through the opening; wherein, when the priming flap is at least partially separated from the bottom of the cartridge and the cartridge is placed in the cartridge holding area with the retaining flap forming the rearmost portion of the bottom of the cartridge on the resting surface of the cartridge holding area, the priming flap is secured to the front edge of the resting surface, and the cartridge is pushed into the cartridge holding area toward the back of the cartridge holding area, the retaining flap at least partially separates from the bottom of the cartridge, permitting the rolling products in the cartridge to exit the cartridge through the exit port of the cartridge holding area.