Patent ID: 6050449
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A dispensing apparatus for sequentially dispensing a plurality of sheet-like articles such as business cards comprising:a) A case having a rear wall, spaced side walls, a top wall, an elongated opening in said top wall, and a bottom wall,b) a drawer having a front wall, a rear wall, spaced side walls, and a bottom wall, said bottom wall incorporating at least one resilient means for urging a stack of business cards upwards, at least one of said front wall or said rear wall being of a height less than the height of said spaced side walls so as to form a slot through which said business cards are dispensed when the drawer is inserted into the aforementioned case,c) an ejector mechanism made of a flat sheet of suitable material, said flat sheet having both a top and bottom surface, an ejector button positioned on said top surface such that said ejector button can be accessed through the elongated opening in said top wall of aforementioned case upon assembly, a friction means positioned on said bottom surface of said ejector mechanism for urging a card outward, at least one resilient means positioned on said bottom surface of said ejector mechanism such that cards are not in contact with said friction means when the ejector button is not pressed.