Patent ID: 7337919

Claim:
A lid dispensing device comprising: a base unit; a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit; a blade operatively mounted to the base unit which moves between a first position and a second position; wherein the blade has opposite first and second faces and opposite first and second ends, a first cutout on the first face near the first end, a second cutout on the first face near the second end which intersects the first cutout and is larger than the first cutout, a third cutout on the second face near the second end, a fourth cutout that is larger than the first cutout on the second face near the first end which intersects the third cutout, and the cutouts on the first face and the cutouts on the second face intersect to form an aperture through the blade; a groove in the cutouts approximately parallel to the faces of the blade near the intersection of the cutouts for allowing a disk rim to pass from the first cutout to the third cutout; a stack of lids supported by the blade by engaging a first lid in the stack of lids while the blade is in the first position; and wherein the blade allows the lid to fall through an aperture in the blade, away from the stack of lids, and still support the remaining lids as the blade moves to the second position.