Patent ID: 6953131

Claim:
A package assembly for the storage and distribution of a plurality of stacked mints comprising: a cylindrical outer shell including a shell sidewall, a shell bottom surface, and a shell open top, said shell sidewall including a sidewall inner surface and a sidewall outer surface; a vertical control slot formed in said shell sidewall, said vertical control slot having a control slot height and a control slot width, at least one retention protrusion formed onto a slot side edge such that said control slot width is reduced in the location of said at least one retention protrusion; a cylindrical inner insert including an insert sidewall, an insert top surface, and an insert open bottom, said cylindrical inner insert formed to house the plurality of stacked mints, said cylindrical inner insert positioned within said cylindrical outer shell such that said insert open bottom faces said shell bottom surface; a control pad formed onto and protruding outwards from said insert sidewall, said control pad positioned within said vertical control slot and movable such that said cylindrical inner insert can be moved between a closed position and an open position, said control pad having a control pad width such that said control pad engages said at least one retention protrusion when in said closed position such that said cylindrical inner insert is resisted from moving into said open position; and a dispensing chamber formed in said insert sidewall adjoining said insert top surface, said dispensing chamber covered by said shell sidewall when said cylindrical inner insert is in said closed position, and said dispensing chamber positioned outside said cylindrical outer shell when said cylindrical inner insert is in said open position, said dispensing chamber having a dispensing chamber height sufficient to allow one of the plurality of stacked mints to be removed from said cylindrical inner insert.