Patent ID: 7353968

Claim:
A method of dispensing rubber bands, comprising: a) providing a dispenser comprising a lower container open at a top end thereof, the lower container comprising at least one side wall and one bottom wall, the bottom wall having an upward-facing inner surface; and an upper container open at a top end thereof, the upper container comprising at least one side wall and one bottom wall, the bottom wall including an aperture therein, the bottom wall including an downward-facing outer surface, the upper container nestable into the lower container; whereby with rubber bands contained in the lower container, the upper container may be nested into the lower container and frictionally held thereby, rubber bands thereby being available for dispensing through the aperture of the upper container; b) filling the lower container with a plurality of rubber bands; c) compressing the rubber bands by nesting the downward-facing outer surface of the upper container bottom wall and the at least one side wall of the upper container into the lower container; d) extracting one rubber band through the aperture of the upper container, thereby causing other rubber bands within the lower container to become at least partially extracted through the aperture through friction; and e) extracting each remaining rubber band through the aperture in succession.