Apparatus to dispense feminine hygiene products with one or more user sensors

A method of dispensing a first hygiene product and a second hygiene product from a dispensing apparatus comprising:

• forming a first column between a first part and a second part, the first column to hold a plurality of the first hygiene product in the first column;
• forming a second column between the first part and the second part, the second column to hold a plurality of the second hygiene product in the first second column;
• dispensing one of the plurality of first hygiene products from the first column in response to activation of a first sensor, wherein the response is based on a condition of a switch having a touch activation mode and a proximity activation mode;
• dispensing the second hygiene product from the second column in response to activation of a second sensor, wherein the response is based on the condition of the switch having the touch activation mode and the proximity activation mode.

An apparatus for dispensing feminine napkins and tampons, the apparatus comprising:

• a container including a front door, a back wall, a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls, and a bottom wall which surrounds an interior chamber, the front door rotatably attached to the bottom wall or to one of the sidewalls;
• a sanitary napkin rail having a back wall leading to a first longitudinal side wall leading to a first longitudinal front wall and the back wall further leading to a second longitudinal back wall leading to a second longitudinal side wall leading to a second longitudinal front wall and configured to retain a column of individual sanitary napkins in front of the backwall;
• a tampon rail having a back wall leading to a first longitudinal sidewall leading to a first longitudinal front wall and the back wall further leading to a second longitudinal side wall leading to a second longitudinal front wall and configured to retain a column of individual tampons in front of the back wall;
• the first longitudinal sidewall of the sanitary napkin rail defining with the second longitudinal sidewall an area behind the tampon rail;
• a motherboard affixed to one of the first sidewall of the sanitary napkin rail or the backwall of the first tampon rail in the area behind the tampon rail;
• a feminine napkin touch sensor affixed to a back surface of the front door and operatively connected to the motherboard;
• a first tampon sensor affixed to a back surface of the front door and operatively connected to the motherboard;
• a sanitary napkin dispensing system disposed beneath the sanitary napkin rail including a napkin dispenser and a napkin dispensing motor operatively connected to the motherboard and connected to the napkin dispenser with a napkin crank arm;
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• a tampon dispensing system disposed beneath the tampon rail including a tampon dispenser and a tampon dispensing motor operatively connected to the motherboard connected to the tampon dispenser with a tampon crank arm.