Patent ID: 8689977

Claim:
A combination dispenser and product package, comprising: a) a carton having a top end and a bottom end; b) a first stack comprising: i) a top end and a bottom end; ii) a first nested plurality of a first component oriented toward the top end of the first stack; and iii) a first nested plurality of a second component; c) a second stack comprising: i) a second nested plurality of the first component oriented toward a bottom end of the second stack; and ii) a second nested plurality of the second component; wherein i) the first plurality of the first components in the first stack is equal in number to the second plurality of the second components in the second stack, ii) the second plurality of the first components in the second stack is equal in number to the first plurality of the second components in the first stack, and iii) the first and second components are complementary to each other, wherein the carton comprises a first side wall, a second side wall that opposes the first side wall, a front wall, a back wall that opposes the front wall, and a bottom wall, and wherein: the top of the first side wall extends upward from the top of the front wall to the top of the back wall, the front wall has a height less than the height of the back wall, and the stacks are situated within the carton such that an upper portion of each stack extends beyond the top of the first side wall.