Patent ID: 7669351

Claim:
A dispenser for sanitary shoe covers comprising: a plurality of vertical shoe cover storing posts arranged in an axially spaced array; a plurality of rings on each shoe cover, one said ring of each cover being slidably engagable on a corresponding one of said storing posts; a plurality of vertical shoe cover dispensing posts arranged in an axially spaced array, said dispensing post array being adapted for horizontal reciprocal motion into and out of registration with said storing post array, each said dispensing post having means thereon for supporting said shoe cover rings when said storing post and dispensing post arrays are in registration; and a plurality of shoe cover transfer ramps arranged in an axially spaced array, said ramp array being adapted for horizontal reciprocal motion into and out of registration with said storing post array, said ramp array motion being transverse to said dispensing post array motion, each of said transfer ramps having first means for supporting corresponding ones of said shoe cover rings when said storing post and dispensing post arrays are not in registration and second means for separating corresponding ones of said lowermost of said shoe cover rings from a penultimate ring and transferring said lowermost ring to its corresponding said dispensing post supporting means when said storing post and dispensing post arrays are in registration.