Product dispensing display

• US 8,302,783 B1
• Filed: 08/06/2010
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Jennings, Scott Harris
• Original Assignee: Charles Jennings, Scott Harris
• Inventors: Harris, Scott, Jennings, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US12/806,169
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/51, 211/184, 211/49.1, 211/50, 211/13.1, 312/35, 312/42, 312/61, 312/71, 221/226, 221/247, 221/155, 221/124, 221/185, 221/252, 221/257, 221/276, 221/227, 221/255, 221/279, 221/25, 221/280, 221/268, 221/270, 221/271
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/06 dispensing from top for spring-urged trays or plates B65G1/07

Abstract

A dispensing display assembly is provided which can deter the theft of goods without prohibitively restricting the access to goods. The display is made from corrugated paper or a thin walled plastic.

Claims

1. A product dispenser for providing at least one product item, the product dispenser comprising:

an exterior shell having a dispensing aperture to allow the product item to exit the product dispenser,

an interior frame supporting said exterior shell, said interior frame comprising;

a product magazine configured to hold the product item in a column, said product magazine having two perpendicular side walls perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser and two parallel side walls parallel to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser;

a reinforcing column positioned anterior to said product magazine;

a dispensing mechanism supported by said interior frame, said dispensing mechanism comprising;

a top plunger flexibly connected to said two perpendicular side walls;

a bottom plunger flexibly connected to said two perpendicular side walls and biased downward beneath said product item column, said bottom plunger configured to move from a lower dispensing position within said product magazine to a higher dispensing position within said product magazine upon movement of said top plunger;

said top plunger configured to move within said product magazine from a relaxed position with said top plunger proximate to said dispensing aperture of said exterior shell to a first dispensing position with said top plunger biased anterior to said dispensing aperture and resting upon said reinforcing column to a second dispensing position with said top plunger anterior the product item biased upward by said bottom plunger, said top plunger returning to said relaxed position thereby pushing the product item through said dispensing aperture.

2. The exterior shell of claim 1, said dispensing aperture having an arcuate bottom edge configured to allow a consumer to glimpse the product item within said product magazine.

3. The dispensing mechanism of claim 1, said dispensing mechanism further comprising at least one flexible band flexibly connecting said top plunger and said bottom plunger to said two perpendicular side walls.

4. The interior frame of claim 1, further comprising an upper channel above said reinforcing column and anterior to said top plunger when said top plunger is in said relaxed position.

5. The product magazine of claim 1, said two perpendicular side walls and said two parallel side walls proximate to the product item in a column thereby maintaining the product item from twisting out of the column.

6. A product dispenser for providing at least one product item, the product dispenser comprising:

an exterior shell having a dispensing aperture to allow the product item to exit the product dispenser,

an interior frame supporting said exterior shell, said interior frame comprising;

a multitude of product magazines configured to hold the product item in a column, said product magazines each having two perpendicular side walls perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser and two parallel side walls parallel to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser;

a reinforcing column positioned anterior to each of said product magazines;

a dispensing mechanism supported by said interior frame, said dispensing mechanism comprising;

a top plunger having an attachment anchor flexibly secured to said two perpendicular side walls;

a bottom plunger having an attachment anchor flexibly secured to said two perpendicular side walls and biased downward beneath said product item column, said bottom plunger configured to move from a lower dispensing position within said product magazine to a higher dispensing position within said product magazine upon movement of said top plunger;

said top plunger configured to move within said product magazine from a relaxed position with said top plunger proximate to said dispensing aperture of said exterior shell to a first dispensing position with said top plunger biased anterior to said dispensing aperture and resting upon said reinforcing column to a second dispensing position with said top plunger anterior the product item biased upward by said bottom plunger, said top plunger returning to said relaxed position thereby pushing the product item through said dispensing aperture.

7. The exterior shell of claim 6, said dispensing aperture having an arcuate bottom edge configured to allow a consumer to glimpse the product item within said product magazine.

8. The dispensing mechanism of claim 6, said dispensing mechanism further comprising at least one flexible band flexibly securing said top plunger and said bottom plunger to said two perpendicular side walls.

9. The interior frame of claim 6, further comprising an upper channel above said reinforcing column and anterior to said top plunger when said top plunger is in said relaxed position.

10. The product magazine of claim 6, said two perpendicular side walls and said two parallel side walls proximate to the product item in a column thereby maintaining the product item from twisting out of the column.

11. A product dispenser for providing at least one product item, the product dispenser comprising:

a frame comprising a product magazine configured to hold the product item in a column, said product magazine having two perpendicular side walls perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser and two parallel side walls parallel to the longitudinal axis of said product dispenser;

a dispensing mechanism supported by said frame, said dispensing mechanism comprising;

a top plunger having an attachment anchor flexibly secured to said two perpendicular side walls;

a bottom plunger having an attachment anchor flexibly secured to said two perpendicular side walls and biased downward beneath said product item column, said bottom plunger configured to move from a lower dispensing position within said product magazine to a higher dispensing position within said product magazine upon movement of said top plunger;

said top plunger configured to move within said product magazine from a relaxed position with said top plunger proximate to the front of said product magazine to a first dispensing position with said top plunger biased backwards to a second dispensing position with said top plunger anterior the product item biased upward by said bottom plunger, said top plunger returning to said relaxed position thereby pushing the product item away from said top plunger to exit said product magazine.

12. The frame of claim 11, further comprising a reinforcing column positioned anterior to said product magazine.

13. The interior frame of claim 12, further comprising an upper channel above said reinforcing column and anterior to said top plunger when said top plunger is in said relaxed position.

14. The product dispenser of claim 11, further comprising an exterior shell having a dispensing aperture to allow the product item to exit the product dispenser.

15. The exterior shell of claim 14, said dispensing aperture having an arcuate bottom edge configured to allow a consumer to glimpse the product item within said product magazine.

16. The dispensing mechanism of claim 11, said dispensing mechanism further comprising at least one flexible band flexibly securing said top plunger and said bottom plunger to said two perpendicular side walls.

17. The product magazine of claim 11, said two perpendicular side walls and said two parallel side walls proximate to the product item in a column thereby maintaining the product item from twisting out of the column.