Dual cavity sliding dispenser
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsRyan Bailey, John Anthony Gelardi
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Abstract
A dispensing container is provided, the container including an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two ends, at least one end being open; an inner tray, slidably received within the outer shell, comprising at least one storage compartment adapted for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and comprising at least one depressible detent, the detent comprising a raised surface that abuts the outer shell; wherein, in a closed configuration, the detent holds the inner tray within the outer shell, and wherein the at least one detent may be depressed by pressure to allow the inner tray to slide relative to the outer shell.
Claims3
A method of dispensing a product from a container, comprising:
- providing a container comprising an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two opposing open ends;
- an inner tray slidably received within the outer shell and extendable from each of the two opposing open ends, the inner tray comprising at least one storage compartments adapted for storage of a plurality of units of the product to be dispensed and at least one depressible detent disposed at each end of the inner tray, each depressible detent comprising a raised surface that abuts an outer perimeter of each of the opposing open ends of the outer shell in a closed configuration;
- depressing the at least one depressible detent abutting the outer perimeter of one of the two opposing open ends of the outer shell;
- sliding the inner tray outwardly from the outer shell such that the depressed detent slides into the outer shell and the at least one storage compartment is exposed;
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- removing at least one unit of the product form the storage compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.