Rear-Loading Product Dispensing System and Method
OwnerLaurel Thomas, David Haysletteinventors
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Abstract
A product dispensing system including a container, a plurality of products initially housed in the container and a dispenser, the dispenser including a frame and an opening tool, the frame having a front end and a rear end, and including a support deck and a product display area, the support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, the product display area being positioned below the support deck proximate the front end, the opening tool being positioned to open the container and allow at least one of the products to move from the container to the product display area as the container is moved along the support deck from the rear end toward the front end.
Claims20
A product dispensing system comprising:
- a container;
- a plurality of products initially housed in said container;
- and
- a dispenser comprising:
- a frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame comprising a support deck and a product display area, said support deck extending between said front end and said rear end of said frame, said product display area being positioned below said support deck proximate said front end of said frame;
- and
- an opening tool positioned to open said container and allow at least one product of said plurality of products to move from said container to said product display area as said container is moved along said support deck from said rear end toward said front end.
A product dispensing system comprising:
- a container comprising a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, at least one wall of said plurality of walls comprising a pre-formed pivot line and a severance line that at least partially define an access panel;
- a plurality of products initially received in said internal volume;
- and
- a dispenser comprising:
- a frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame comprising a support deck and a product display area, said support deck extending between said front end and said rear end of said frame, said product display area being positioned below said support deck proximate said front end of said frame;
- and
- an opening tool positioned to sever said severance line as said container is moved along said support deck from said rear end toward said front end so as to allow said access panel to pivot about said pre-formed pivot line and release at least one product of said plurality of products from said container to said product display area.
A method for dispensing comprising the steps of:
- providing a container housing a plurality of products, said container comprising a severance line and a pre-formed pivot line that at least partially define an access panel;
- providing a dispenser frame having a front end and a rear end, said dispenser frame comprising a support deck and a product display area, said support deck extending between said front end and said rear end of said frame, said product display area being positioned below said support deck proximate said front end of said frame;
- providing an opening tool associated with said dispenser frame;
- and
- sliding said container relative to said opening tool along said support deck from said rear end to said front end such that said opening tool severs said severance line to allow said access panel to pivot about said pre-formed pivot line and allow at least one product of said plurality of products to be dispensed from said container to said product display area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.