Patent ID: 7721913

Claim:
A dispenser for a pad of repositionable notes comprising: a base having opposing interior and exterior surfaces; a cover having opposing interior and exterior surfaces and two slots disposed substantially orthogonal to one another, the slots being sized to allow for dispensing individual repositionable notes from the pad, the cover disposed on the base forming a cavity wherein the base and the cover are each polygons having side edges the length of which are substantially equal to one another; and a biasing mechanism disposed in the cavity, said biasing mechanism comprising: a paddle having opposing pad contacting surface and bottom surface bound by two substantially parallel side walls and an extension protruding from the side walls at a first end of the paddle; and a torsion spring comprising (i) a coil portion having opposing first and second ends, (ii) a first tang extending from the first end of the coil, (iii) and a second tang extending from the second end of the coil, the first tang contacting the bottom surface of the paddle, the second tang contacting the interior surface of the base, the coil portion of the torsion spring disposed on a spindle that extends from the interior surface of the base.