Patent ID: 7559437

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing merchandise packages, the apparatus comprising: a chassis having a proximal end and a distal end, and a proximally positioned front panel, and a distally positioned rear panel; a knob rotationally engaged through the front panel with an helical coil having a coil turns of a uniform size, the helical coil extensive distally into adjacency with the rear panel; and a rod secured to the rear panel, the rod extensive proximally within the helical coil into adjacency with the front panel; a selected space formed between a proximally positioned end of the rod and the front panel; wherein, the helical coil and the rod are mutually coextensive except for the selected space between the proximally positioned end of the rod and the front panel; whereby, with the merchandise packages slidingly mounted on the rod, rotation of the knob and helical coil causes the merchandise packages to slide along the rod disengaging therefrom at the selected space.