Patent ID: 6755310
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A can dispenser, comprising:(a) a housing including a base unit and one or more stacking units removably disposed on said base unit, said base unit and said one or more stacking units defining together a plurality of vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels therein; (b) edges of said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels in said base unit extending a distance equal to less than half of the circumference of cans to be placed in said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels so that said cans to be placed in said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels can be removed therefrom; (c) edges of said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels in said one or more stacking units extending a distance equal to greater than half the circumference of cans to be placed in said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels to hold said cans to be placed in said vertical, arcuate, can-containing channels in place therein; and (d) a lowermost stacking unit has formed on a bottom thereof a key interlock that removably fits into a complementarily shaped upper portion of said base unit to removably lock said lowermost stacking unit in place on said base unit, said key interlock being the sole apparatus for attaching said lowermost stacking unit to said base unit.