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Individual bandage dispenser

  • US 5,271,522 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1993
  • Issued: 12/21/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dispenser package for dispensing bandages, said package comprising:

  • bandages disposed in a stack, said bandages comprising a backing coated on one side with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and also comprising an absorbent pad centrally located on said pressure-sensitive adhesive coated side of the backing wherein said bandages are partially wrapped in a bandage wrapper and having one end of said bandage exposed, said bandages being releasably adhered to each other in the stack along opposite ends of successive bandages by the pressure-sensitive adhesive of one bandage adhering to the wrapper of the successive bandages;

    a box having a bottom, side walls and a top wall, said top wall having a rectangular opening extending generally centrally thereof and defined by opposed parallel margins;

    a pair of fingers, said fingers being disposed for one finger to extend from one margin of said opening and the other finger to extend from the opposite margin of said opening, said fingers terminating at terminal edges in opposed spaced related and each finger having free side edges movable in relationship to the side walls of the box, said fingers being positioned to normally rest on the top of said stack and said fingers having the flexibility to form an arcuate bend transversely of the finger between the margin of the opening and the terminal edge of the finger during dispensing of bandages from said stack and having the resiliency to recover to rest on the top of the stack, andbiasing means for urging the stack of bandages toward the opening.

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