Patent ID: 6318627
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A vending cabinet for holding and dispensing paper publications, comprising a one-piece vertical cabinet body of molded plastics material, said cabinet body including a lower portion integrally connected to an upper portion, said upper portion of said cabinet body having spaced inner walls defining a first chamber having a front opening for receiving and storing a stack of publications, said lower portion of said cabinet body having a bottom wall and defining a second chamber adapted to receive a flowable ballast material, said bottom wall having an integral inverted funnel portion projecting upwardly into said second chamber generally within a center portion of said cabinet body, said funnel portion having an upper end defining a port for directing the ballast material into said second chamber when said cabinet body is inverted and the ballast material is poured into said funnel portion, and said funnel portion being effective to distribute the ballast material towards the periphery of said bottom wall when said cabinet body is returned to an upright position.