Patent ID: 6027189
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47F,G07F

Abstract:
A modular dispensing system comprising:a housing for mounting within an opening in a vertical wall, the housing having a top wall which is spaced above a bottom wall, the top wall being connected to the bottom wall by two sidewardly spaced side walls, wherein portions of the top wall define a plurality of downwardly opening grooves, the grooves being spaced sidewardly from one another by a first distance, and wherein the grooves open frontwardly;at least one dispensing module having two upwardly protruding fins, the fins being spaced sidewardly from one another a multiple of the groove spacing first distance, the at least one module being received within the housing between the housing top wall and the housing bottom wall, and being positionable therein at a plurality of locations; anda front face plate releasably connected to the housing, the front face plate having two rearwardly extending ears, the ears being spaced sidewardly from one another to extend along the housing side walls within the housing, and having portions thereon which releasably engage with the housing to retain the front face plate on the housing, the ears projecting frontwardly from the housing, to permit the ears to be engaged by a user's fingers and pressed toward one another to be displaced inwardly by finger pressure to disengage the front face plate ear portions from the housing.