Patent ID: 6189731
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61F,B65D

Abstract:
A device for holding and dispensing cotton swabs or the like, the device comprising a housing having a front wall and a rear wall and an inclined bottom, at least one separating wall mounted between the front wall and the rear wall so as to form at least two parallel chambers, arranged sequentially in a rearward direction from the front wall to the rear wall, for holding with play a plurality of cotton swabs placed one above the other, a manually actuated slide member mounted underneath the chambers and having an opening for receiving in a basic position of the slide member a single cotton swab from a frontmost of the at least two chambers, and a dispensing chamber mounted underneath the slide member, wherein the slide member is configured to release the single cotton swab into the dispensing chamber when the slide member is pulled forward from the basic position into a release position, wherein the at least one separating wall is mounted so as to be manually raisable by a predetermined extent as necessary to connect the opening for receiving a single cotton swab to one of the at least two chambers arranged behind the at least one separating wall in the rearward direction.