Patent · US Expired

Package displaying dispenser

US4396237A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
11References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 4, 1981
Grant dateAug 2, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47F1/08
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cabinet for displaying and dispensing vertical stacks of small packages, such as packs of cigarettes, is adapted to be mounted over a store's check-out counter. The shopper's side of the package displaying dispenser is transparent, so that the shopper can see the merchandise. The clerk's side of the package displaying dispenser has an upper opening which permits loading of packages onto the stacks and a lower slot which permits the clerk to withdraw one package at a time from the bottom of any selected stack. A similar package displaying dispenser is mounted on the rear side of the one just described, so that the packages in the rear one can be seen through the one in front, and so that the clerk can withdraw packages from both.

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