Patent ID: 6920974

Claim:
Apparatus for holding a plurality of stacked packages, said apparatus comprising: a) a container having one or more side panels and a bottom panel defining an open top and an interior having one or more columns therein extending uninterrupted from said bottom panel to said open top and wherein said plurality of stacked packages may be placed for holding in said container; and b) a package dispenser having a plate and one or more push rods having a first end mounted to said plate in a generally normal orientation with respect thereto, and an opposite, free end; whereby said dispenser may be engaged with said container by inserting said one or more push rods through a respective opening formed in said bottom panel, said push rod free end may engage said plurality of stacked packages placed in said column, whereby said push rods may be advanced in a respective said column toward said open top, said push rods operable to push said plurality of stacked packages in said column out of said container through said open top.