Patent ID: 8070013

Claim:
A cutlery utensil dispenser for dispensing cutlery utensils and comprising: a dispensing tray including a floor and a region dimensioned and configured to house a cutlery utensil having first and second portions in a first orientation in which the cutlery utensil rests on the floor in the region and in which the cutlery utensil is within the cutlery utensil dispenser and inaccessible to a user; a wall of the region having a fulcrum end dimensioned to engage the cutlery utensil; and a dispensing mechanism including an engagement portion to selectively engage the cutlery utensil and to move an engaged portion of the cutlery utensil toward an exit of the dispenser such that the cutlery utensil rotates about the fulcrum end until the second portion of the cutlery utensil projects from the cutlery utensil dispenser and is accessible to the user in a second orientation, wherein the fulcrum end is dimensioned to engage the cutlery utensil in the region and distant from the exit.