Patent ID: 7562773

Claim:
A dispenser for dispensing rubber bands, comprising: a lower container open at a top end thereof, the lower container comprising at least one side wall and one bottom wall, the lower container having an upward-facing, substantially concave and curved inner surface; and a plurality of rubber bands having a weighted average diameter and an uncompressed volume; 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 upper container including a substantially convex and curved downward-facing outer surface, the upper container nestable into the lower container to define a dispenser volume therebetween, the dispenser volume being between 30% and 70% of the uncompressed volume of the plurality of rubber bands, the diameter of the aperture being between 70% and 150% the average diameter of the rubber bands; whereby with the plurality of rubber bands contained in the lower container, the upper container may be nested into the lower container and frictionally held thereby to compress the rubber bands into the dispenser volume, the rubber bands thereby being available for dispensing through the aperture of the upper container.