Battery holder and dispensing package
First Claim
1. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a first frame, said first frame including a plurality of compartments, each compartment sized and configured to hold a battery; and
a means for releasably holding a battery within the compartment.
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Abstract
A battery holding and dispensing device can hold 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. An arrangement for illuminating the frame is provided.
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44 Claims
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1. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
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a first frame, said first frame including a plurality of compartments, each compartment sized and configured to hold a battery; and
a means for releasably holding a battery within the compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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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 including a plurality of compartments, compartment having sidewalls to hold the batteries with longitudinal axes of the batteries in an upright orientation, each sidewall having an opening wherein a user can touch with a finger the battery held in the compartment through the opening to ascertain a battery diameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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34. A battery holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:
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a first rigid frame, said first rigid frame including a plurality of compartments, each compartment sized and configured to hold a battery, each compartment including a top opening and a bottom opening, said bottom opening allowing a user to push a battery with a finger toward said top opening; and
a first membrane covering said top opening, said first membrane having a thickness that allows said first membrane to tear, or the connection between the first membrane and the first frame has a strength to allow the first membrane to break away from said frame, when sufficient force by the user'"'"'s finger pushes the battery through or past the first membrane. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44)
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