Patent ID: 7036664

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging, displaying, dispensing, and storing at least one product, comprising: an inner packaging member having a complementary contour for facilitating the dispensing of the at least one product; an outer packaging member, the outer packaging member being slidably mountable over the inner packaging member; and wherein the outer packaging member and the inner packing member together define a hopper and feeder arrangement for dispensing the at least one product by gravity-feed; means for mating and locking the outer packaging member to the inner packaging member, wherein the mating and locking means comprises: at least one recess formed in the inner packaging member; and at least one complementary protuberance formed on the outer packaging member to be inserted into the at least one recess, wherein the mating and locking means further comprises at least one mechanism, selected from a group consisting of a compression-fit and an interference-fit, between the at least one recess and the at least one complementary protuberance.