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US 2011/0226797 A1Published application
Cutlery Utensil Dispenser
AssigneeDixie Consumer Products LLC
InventorsChristopher M. Reinsel, Brian M. Durant, Michael R. Kilgore, Matthew K. F. Williquette
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Abstract
A cutlery utensil dispenser has a housing that includes a first zone for holding a utensil to be dispensed, a second zone for receiving the utensil during dispensing, and a third zone for delivering the dispensed utensil to a user. The first, second and third zones are cooperatively configured and adapted to maintain, and present to the user, one end of the utensil ahead of an opposing end of the utensil during a dispensing operation.
Claims19
A cutlery utensil dispenser, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first zone for holding a utensil to be dispensed, a second zone for receiving the utensil during dispensing, and a third zone for delivering the dispensed utensil to a user;
- the first, second and third zones being cooperatively configured and adapted to maintain, and present to the user, one end of the utensil ahead of an opposing end of the utensil during a dispensing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.