Patent ID: 7850015

Claim:
A display device for displaying and dispensing tubular items of merchandise, the display device comprising: a) a first side; b) a second side arranged substantially parallel to said first side and spaced apart from said first side by a distance, wherein one or both of said first side and said second side are movable between a retracted position and an expanded position for accommodating a plurality of sizes of the tubular items of merchandise; c) a base disposed between said first side and said second side, said base forming a bottom portion of the display device; d) a cover disposed between said first side and said second side, said cover forming a top portion of the display device; e) a first ramp having a first width, said first ramp disposed between and spaced apart from said first side and said second side, said first ramp sloping downwardly toward a rear portion of the display device; f) a second ramp having a second width, said second ramp disposed between and spaced apart from said first side and said second side, at least a portion of said second ramp disposed under said first ramp and sloping downwardly toward a front portion of the display device; g) a sliding member, said sliding member comprising an elongated rod projecting outwardly from said first side or said second side; and h) a sleeve disposed on said first ramp or said second ramp and adapted to receive said sliding member, wherein said sliding member is laterally movable in said sleeve for moving said first side or said second side between said retracted position and said expanded position and wherein said sleeve spaces said first ramp or said second ramp apart from said first side and said second side wherein each of said first width and said second width is less than said distance between said first side and said second side and wherein said first ramp and said second ramp contact only a cylindrical central body portion of the tubular items of merchandise due to a spaced apart arrangement of said first ramp from said first side and said second side and of said second ramp from said first side and said second side, thereby facilitating a movement of the tubular items of merchandise in the display device.