Portable dispensers for fastening means

• US 7,032,748 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William M. Conklin
• Original Assignee: William M. Conklin
• Inventors: Conklin, William M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Luong, Shian T.
• Application Number:
  US10/446,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20040238389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 206/372, 206/373, 206/374, 206338-347, 206/229, 206/349, 221/303, 221/309, 221/312.R, 221/197
• US Class Current: 206/338
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 3/002 nail dispensers with provision for holding and guiding nails
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/00 Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; nail dispensers B25C3/00

Abstract

Portable dispensers for coiled roofing nails, nail strips, roof staples, sheathing staples, welding tools, framing nails and the like. The dispenser has an open top container which may be fastened to the belt of the user.

Claims

1. A portable dispenser for a plurality of fastening means, comprising:

an open-topped container provided with first means therein for temporarily holding said plurality of fastening means and for making said plurality of fastening means readily accessible to a user of said portable dispenser;

second means provided on a first exterior surface of said open-topped container for removably and selectably attaching said portable dispenser to a belt of said user of said portable dispenser;

said first means includes a selectively removable structure which is slidably positioned within said open-topped container;

said open-topped container has a substantially rectangular cross-section which is disposed substantially perpendicularly to a vertical elongated axis of said open-topped container;

said open-topped container has a closed bottom portion formed by two surfaces disposed oblique to said vertical elongated axis of said open-topped container and disposed at an angle relative to each other;

said selectively removable structure temporarily holds said fastening means arranged in rows and columns, and makes said fastening means readily accessible to said user of said portable dispenser;

said first exterior surface of said open-topped container on which said second means is provided comprises the tallest exterior surface on said open-topped container;

said open-topped container includes a second exterior surface which is parallel to and opposite to said first exterior surface, and wherein said second exterior surface is provided with an elongated notch therein which aides said user to position and move said selectively removable structure into and out of said open-topped container; and

said selectively removable structure is provided with members which fit on and mate with said two oblique surfaces of said closed bottom portion of said open-topped container.

2. A portable dispenser according to claim 1, wherein:

said slidable selectively removable structure is provided with gripping means at the top thereof to enable said user of said portable dispenser to move said slidable selectively removable structure relative to said open top container for making said plurality of fastening means readily accessible to said user of said portable dispenser.