Patent ID: 6662967
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A47F,A61F,G07F

Abstract:
A dispenser for dispensing individually-packaged injury dressings, comprising:a plurality of adjacent compartments, each having a front surface, a rear surface and a bottom surface, wherein each compartment is sized to accept a plurality of similarly-sized injury dressings; wherein the front surface of each compartment includes an opening proximate the bottom surface thereof; wherein the bottom surface of each compartment includes a slot below the opening therein; wherein similarly-sized injury dressings are disposed within each compartment between the front and the rear surfaces thereof; a plurality of force-imparting members, wherein at least one of said plurality of force-imparting members is disposed between the rear-most injury dressing and the rear surface of each compartment, and wherein each force-imparting member exerts a force urging the injury dressings toward the front surface of the compartment, wherein the forward-most injury dressing is dispensable through the slot by the application of a downwardly-directed force against the forward-most injury dressing through the opening to dispense the forward-most injury dressing from the slot of each compartment.