Patent ID: 7905370

Claim:
A dispenser ( 10 , 10 ′, 110 ) for retaining and dispensing consumable products, the dispenser comprises: a thermally insulated case ( 11 ) having front side, a rear wall, lateral side walls and a door ( 12 ) which is pivotally attached to the front side of the case ( 11 ) to allow access to an interior of the case ( 11 ), at least one housing ( 31 ) having lateral walls is accommodated within the interior of the case ( 11 ) and receives the consumable products such that the consumable products are longitudinally aligned in a stacked position vertically one on top of another, the front side of the case ( 11 ) has at least one outlet opening ( 20 ) located adjacent a bottom end of the housing ( 31 ) and a lower most consumable product in the stack, the bottom end of the housing ( 31 ) has a planar rear panel ( 40 ) that slopes toward the front side of the case ( 11 ) such that a subsequent lower most consumable product directly contacts the rear panel ( 40 ) and is automatically longitudinally displaced from the stacked position, due to a configuration and structure of the housing ( 31 ), toward the outlet opening ( 20 ) and into a dispensing position when the lowermost consumable product in the stack is removed from the dispensing position and withdrawn from the housing ( 31 ), the outlet opening ( 20 ) is closed by a flexible membrane with slots which allows a front end of the lower most consumable products to partially protrude through the flexible membrane when the lower most consumable products are automatically longitudinally displaced toward the outlet opening ( 20 ), via only the planar rear panel ( 40 ) sloping toward the outlet opening ( 20 ), thus allowing the lower most consumable products, when in the dispensing position, to partially protrude through the flexible membrane to facilitate being manually withdrawn from the interior of the case ( 11 ), prior to initiation of being manually withdrawn from the case, when the lower most consumable products are in the dispensing position, the flexible membrane forms an air tight seal around an entire circumference of the front end of the lower most consumable products while enabling the front end of the lowermost consumable product to partially protrude through the flexible membrane and the outlet opening and substantially prevent airflow between the interior and an exterior of the case ( 11 ).