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Toy and pogo dispenser

US6918509B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by
24References
20Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 2002
Grant dateJul 19, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 24, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2583/0486
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing candy or other small objects, the dispenser having a rotatable hopper, having a hopper cavity therein, a tubular structure, having a storage portion for storing objects above the rotating hopper, a storage portion opening, a base portion, a base portion opening for dispensing objects, and a hopper positioning portion, where the rotatable hopper is positioned within the hopper positioning portion of the tubular structure, such that the rotatable hopper can rotate within the hopper positioning portion of the tubular structure, a tubular base plunger, inserted into the base portion of the tubular structure, and a hopper rotation mechanism connecting the base plunger to the rotatable hopper, where the hopper rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the rotatable hopper when the base plunger is moved within the base portion of the tubular structure.

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