Patent ID: 8230996

Claim:
A dispenser for dispensing seals removably attached to a carrier strip wound on a core, said dispenser comprising: a roll of said seals wound around said core, and each said seal including a foil layer that assumes a first arc shape when wrapped around said core; said dispenser formed as a clamshell having two hinged cover halves, and said clamshell dispenser having a core holder on which said roll of seals is placed so that said roll of seals and said core can be rotated for dispensing said seals; said clamshell having at least first and second adjacent corners, and said cover halves are each formed with a respective trough therein that extend from adjacent said first corner more than half way around said roll of seals to a location adjacent said second corner, whereby said core holder is at least partially encircled by the troughs of said cover halves, the trough of one cover half is adjacent the trough of the other cover half when the clamshell is closed; one said trough terminates in a portion of an exit hump, and the other said trough terminates in another portion of said exit hump so that when said trough portions are adjacent each other said exit hump portions are adjacent each other to provide a full exit hump; plural male and female snap locking members located in the troughs of said cover halves, whereby when the cover halves are hinged together the male and female snap locking members engage with each other and lock the cover halves of the clamshell dispenser together; an exit opening in said clamshell dispenser through which said carrier strip and seals protrude so that said carrier strip is available for pulling by a user of the clamshell dispenser; and said carrier strip is routed over said full exit hump when pulled by the user to dispense one or more seals, said full exit hump positioned to form a second arc shape in the foil layer of the seal, in a direction opposite the first arc shape.