Patent ID: 7032748

Claim:
A portable dispenser for a plurality of fastening means, comprising: an open-topped container provided with first means therein for temporarily holding said plurality of fastening means and for making said plurality of fastening means readily accessible to a user of said portable dispenser; second means provided on a first exterior surface of said open-topped container for removably and selectably attaching said portable dispenser to a belt of said user of said portable dispenser; said first means includes a selectively removable structure which is slidably positioned within said open-topped container; said open-topped container has a substantially rectangular cross-section which is disposed substantially perpendicularly to a vertical elongated axis of said open-topped container; said open-topped container has a closed bottom portion formed by two surfaces disposed oblique to said vertical elongated axis of said open-topped container and disposed at an angle relative to each other; said selectively removable structure temporarily holds said fastening means arranged in rows and columns, and makes said fastening means readily accessible to said user of said portable dispenser; said first exterior surface of said open-topped container on which said second means is provided comprises the tallest exterior surface on said open-topped container; said open-topped container includes a second exterior surface which is parallel to and opposite to said first exterior surface, and wherein said second exterior surface is provided with an elongated notch therein which aides said user to position and move said selectively removable structure into and out of said open-topped container; and said selectively removable structure is provided with members which fit on and mate with said two oblique surfaces of said closed bottom portion of said open-topped container.