Patent ID: 6581797
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
A device for storing articles comprising:an elongated upstanding housing extending upwardly from a base, the housing having a cover; a flexible belt within the elongated housing having dividers extending from the belt to define individual compartments adapted to store one or more articles wherein the flexible belt is formed into an elongated loop and defines a space within the elongated loop; a dispensing compartment at the base of the housing located below the elongated loon wherein the articles stored in the compartments are selectively gravity fed into the dispensing compartment; a dispensing control located in the space within the elongated loon that causes the flexible belt to advance in a direction to allow at least one article to be gravity fed from the individual compartment into the dispensing compartment; and wherein the flexible belt remains in the housing and the cover is removable to enable the articles to be plated placed in one or more of the individual compartments.