Nut dispenser device

A method for dispensing nuts, the method comprising:

• providing a hollow support structure having a top side, a bottom side, and an open front side;
• pivotally securing a lever arm to the support structure nearingly adjacent a top side of the support structure;
• mounting a nut holder housing to the lever arm;
• pivotally connecting a back door to the nut housing holder near a top of the nut holder housing;
• positioning a spring mechanism between the support structure and the nut holder housing;
• biasing the nut holder housing in a generally upward direction;
• mounting a nut collection base to the bottom side of the support structure;
• positioning a diagonally directed chute between the nut holder housing and the nut collection base;
• opening the back door of the nut holder housing;
• dispensing the nuts therethrough;
• and
• feeding the nuts into the nut collection base for retrieval by the user.

A nut dispenser device for dispensing nuts, the nut dispenser device comprising:

• a hollow support structure having a top side, a bottom side, and an open front side;
• a lever arm pivotally secured to the support structure nearingly adjacent a top side of the support structure;
• a nut holder housing mounted to the lever arm, the nut holder housing having a back door pivotally connected to the nut holder housing near a top of the nut holder housing;
• a spring mechanism positioned between the support structure and the nut holder housing, the spring mechanism biasing the nut holder housing in a generally upward direction;
• a knob release mechanism slidably mounted to the support structure, the knob release mechanism having a knob and a shaft extending from the knob, the shaft being releasably receivable within an aperture formed in the lever arm for maintaining the lever arm in a down position and for maintaining the back door of the nut holder housing in a closed position;
• a nut collection base mounted to the bottom side of the support structure;
• and
• a diagonally directed chute positioned between the nut holder housing and the nut collection base;
• wherein sliding the knob release mechanism outward and pulling the shaft from the aperture in the lever arm, the bias of the spring causes the lever arm and the nut holder housing to move in a generally upward direction thereby opening the back door of the nut holder housing and allowing the nuts to exit the nut holder housing, travel down the chute by force of gravity, and land in the nut collection tray.