System with multiple cutlery dispensers interchangeable between identical base retaining features

A cutlery dispensing system comprising:

• a base comprising a plurality of base compartments, each of the base compartments comprising a first retaining feature, all of the first retaining features being identical to each other first, the base comprising a first compartment base unit that includes a first of the base compartments and a second compartment base unit that includes a second of the base compartments, said first and second compartment base units comprising first and second unit attachment features respectively, said first and second unit attachment features removably attaching a side of the first compartment base unit to a side of the second compartment base unit, said base comprising a base front, a base rear, and left and right base sides;
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• a plurality of cutlery dispensers, each of said cutlery dispensers having a dispenser front, a dispenser rear, a dispenser first side, a dispenser second side, a dispenser top, a dispenser bottom, and a second retaining feature proximate said dispenser bottom, all of the second retaining features in said plurality of cutlery dispensers being identical to each other, each of said cutlery dispensers being configured to serially dispense said plurality of cutlery articles from said dispenser front;
• each of said cutlery dispensers being configured for installation in any of said base compartments by a mutual engagement of said first and second retaining features as said dispenser is inserted into said base compartment in said base, wherein said mutual engagement of said first and second retaining features prevents tipping of the cutlery dispenser after said installation of the cutlery dispenser in said base;
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• wherein the plurality of cutlery dispensers can be installed in the base in any order of positioning in the base compartments, and
• wherein the first and second retaining features are configured to allow said cutlery dispensers to be slidingly inserted into the base horizontally during said installations.