Battery holder and dispenser
First Claim
1. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a first frame, sized and configured to be held and supported in a user'"'"'s hand, said first frame including a plurality of compartments, each compartment sized and configured to hold a battery, each compartment including an open end and a detent protruding into said open end to overlie a portion of a battery held therein, said detent resiliently displaceable from said open end to allow removal of said battery from said compartment through said open end.
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Abstract
A battery holding and dispensing device holds a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession.
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24 Claims
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1. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
a first frame, sized and configured to be held and supported in a user'"'"'s hand, said first frame including a plurality of compartments, each compartment sized and configured to hold a battery, each compartment including an open end and a detent protruding into said open end to overlie a portion of a battery held therein, said detent resiliently displaceable from said open end to allow removal of said battery from said compartment through said open end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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3. (canceled)
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17. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus for holding and dispensing elongated cylindrical batteries, comprising:
a first frame, said first frame, sized and configured to be held and supported in a user'"'"'s hand, and including a plurality of compartments, each compartment having sidewalls to hold the batteries with longitudinal axes of the batteries in an upright orientation, wherein said compartments each comprise a bottom wall having an open area exposing a bottom portion of a battery within said compartment wherein a user can touch with a finger a bottom edge of the battery held in the compartment through the open area, each sidewall defining an end opening sized to allow removal of a battery from within said compartment, wherein said compartments are arranged to hold said batteries oriented side-by-side in parallel and wherein a user can at least partially remove a battery through said end opening by pushing the battery with the finger moved through the open area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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18. (canceled)
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