Patent ID: 7017778

Claim:
A method of displaying and dispensing packages of round paper plates on a shelf of a store with an aisle along which customers walk, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of packages, each of said packages containing a stack of paper plates including a top plate, each of said plates having an artistic design on its top surface, each of said package including a transparent wrapper to package its stack of paper plates, said design on said top surface of said top plate showing through said wrapper, said package having a round side wall with a predetermined height, and said package having a diameter larger than its height; providing a display dispenser with a tray and a pusher assembly, said tray having a unibody construction formed by a thin sheet with a front wall and opposed arcuate side ledges, said pusher assembly having a pusher plate biased toward said front wall, and said front wall having an arcuate window formed between a pair of opposed shoulders; loading said plurality of packages into said tray in a queued manner to form a stocked display, said opposed arcuate ledges of said tray supporting said round side wall of each of said packages, each of said packages being placed between said pusher plate and said front wall of said tray; allowing said display dispenser to push said queued packages toward said front wall and aligning a frontmost package with said front wall with its said design located in said window between said shoulders of said display; and, placing said stocked display dispenser on the shelf of the store, said design on said top plate of said frontmost package facing toward the aisle and being in a visible line of sight of the customers independent of the height of the shelf.