Patent ID: 7249729

Claim:
A utility strap dispenser for storing and dispensing strap material formed in a coil, comprising: a round top plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a central aperture; a round bottom plate having an upper surface, a bottom surface and a central aperture; said bottom plate further including a cylindrical wall concentrically arranged around said central aperture upon said upper surface of said bottom plate defining a coil receiving chamber and a peripheral flange on said bottom plate; said wall having an outer surface and a dispensing slot for the passage of strap material there through; a curved guide stop having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said upper end includes a guide slot for the passage of strap material there through, and said lower end is affixed onto said outer surface of said wall at a predetermined distance from said dispensing slot; and a metal split pin having a head larger than said central apertures with a first leg and a second leg attached to said head, wherein the free ends of said legs of said split pin are passed through said central apertures of said top and said bottom plate so as to straddle an inner end of a coil of strap material and thereafter bent back upon said top surface of said top plate to secure said plates together.