Patent ID: 7919060
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61J,B65D,G01N,G07F

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for flattened articles, comprising: a housing pivotably connected to a trigger, the housing carrying a stack of the articles and the trigger comprising an actuation member, the actuation member having a pusher head slidably disposed in the housing between a home position and a dispensed position, the pusher head having an engagement member positioned directly over the top surface of the uppermost article from the stack of articles wherein the pusher head does not contact the uppermost article when the pusher head is in the home position, the engagement member being forced downward to frictionally engage the top surface of the uppermost article from the stack when the pusher head is in the dispensed position and push it at least partially out of the dispenser when the trigger and the housing are pivoted together; and one of the housing and the trigger defining a receptacle and the other of the housing and the trigger at least partially nesting within the receptacle as the housing and the trigger are pivoted together.