Dispensing system for dispensing face masks from a stack
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1. A dispensing system for individual planar shaped face masks from a stack of such masks comprising:
- a container having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of walls defining an interior space;
a plurality of individual planar shaped face masks, each comprising a shape retaining element for conforming the mask to a user'"'"'s face, and a plurality of ties for securing the mask to the user'"'"'s face, and each mask arranged in stacked relation with respect to an adjacent mask with the ties from substantially all of the masks disposed upon an uppermost surface of an uppermost mask in the stack;
a dispensing opening having a length, a height, and a widened region defined in a lowermost portion of one of the plurality of walls, the length substantially corresponding to the length of the face mask and the height substantially corresponding to the thickness of the face mask, the plurality of face masks positioned so that the shape retaining element of each face mask is disposed proximal to the wall having the dispensing opening and a bottommost face mask of the stack is substantially aligned with the dispensing opening in a dispensing position, the widened region providing a location for the user to grip the bottommost mask proximal to the shape retaining element for extraction from the interior space of the container.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for dispensing face masks. The system includes a stack of masks arranged within an interior of a container. The container has a dispensing opening therein for the withdrawal of a single or a specific plurality of masks. The ties of the masks within the stack are arranged so that they extend along the interior walls of the container and rest upon the furthest surface of the mask furthest away from the dispensing opening.
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1. A dispensing system for individual planar shaped face masks from a stack of such masks comprising:
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a container having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of walls defining an interior space;
a plurality of individual planar shaped face masks, each comprising a shape retaining element for conforming the mask to a user'"'"'s face, and a plurality of ties for securing the mask to the user'"'"'s face, and each mask arranged in stacked relation with respect to an adjacent mask with the ties from substantially all of the masks disposed upon an uppermost surface of an uppermost mask in the stack;
a dispensing opening having a length, a height, and a widened region defined in a lowermost portion of one of the plurality of walls, the length substantially corresponding to the length of the face mask and the height substantially corresponding to the thickness of the face mask, the plurality of face masks positioned so that the shape retaining element of each face mask is disposed proximal to the wall having the dispensing opening and a bottommost face mask of the stack is substantially aligned with the dispensing opening in a dispensing position, the widened region providing a location for the user to grip the bottommost mask proximal to the shape retaining element for extraction from the interior space of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A dispensing system for dispensing individual face masks from a stack of such masks comprising:
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a plurality of flat, rectangular, face masks each having a thickness, a length, and a width, each mask comprising a shape retaining element and a flexible be extending from each corner of the mask, the plurality of masks arranged in stacked relation with the shape retaining element of each mask superposed with that of an adjacent mask and the flexible ties from each comer of each mask generally mingled with the flexible ties from corresponding comers of the masks in the stack;
a container for storing and dispensing the plurality of masks, the container comprising a top, a bottom, a front wall, a back wall, and side walls that in combination define an interior space, the front wall comprising a dispensing opening located at a bottommost portion of the front wall proximal to the bottom wall, the dispensing opening having a length that corresponds about to the length of an individual mask, having a height that corresponds about to the thickness of an individual mask, and having a larger open region intersecting with the dispenser opening, the stack of masks loaded into the interior space of the container with the shape retaining element disposed proximal the front wall such that the plurality of ties extend generally in an upward direction along the walls of the container from the bottom of the container toward the top of the container and at least partially rest upon an uppermost surface of the uppermost mask in the stack, the larger open region providing access to the bottommost mask for withdrawal from the interior of the container. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A dispensing system for dispensing face masks from a stack of such masks comprising:
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a plurality of flat face masks each having a first and second surface, a thickness, a length, a width, and a plurality of flexible ties extending therefrom, the plurality of masks arranged in stacked relation with the flexible ties of each mask generally mingled with the flexible ties of other masks in the stack;
a container for storing and dispensing the plurality of masks, the container comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior space, and a dispensing opening located in at least one of the walls for dispensing face masks from the interior space, the dispensing opening having a length corresponding about to the length of the mask and a height corresponding about to the thickness of at least one mask, the stack of masks loaded into the interior space of the container with the plurality of ties extending generally perpendicular to at least one mask surface, away from the dispenser opening, and at least partially adjacent to at least one wall within the interior space. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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