Condiment dispensers
AssigneeAmaris Enterprises, LLC
InventorAlyse N. Merritt
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Abstract
A pull tab assembly is described for condiment dispensers such that one or more pull tabs are disposed on a dispenser. An alternative teaches opposing pull tab assemblies placed on either end of a condiment dispenser. A slanted edge associated with the pull tab facilitates the opening of the dispenser. Another embodiment teaches acute angle dispensing devices and alternatively having a flap about the acute angle dispensing devices.
Claims20
A dispenser comprising:
- a top planar member;
- a bottom planar member, wherein a first peripheral edge of the top planar member and a corresponding first peripheral edge of the bottom planar member are permanently joined to form a first lateral edge, and wherein a second peripheral edge of the top planar member and a corresponding first peripheral edge of the bottom planar member are permanently joined to form a second lateral edge;
- a first forward edge extending from the first peripheral edge at an angle relative to the first peripheral edge;
- a second forward edge extending from the second peripheral edge at an angle relative to the second peripheral edge, wherein the second forward edge meets the first forward edge at a point to form a forward arrowhead shape;
- a first rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the first lateral edge at an angle relative to the first lateral edge;
- and
- a second rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the second lateral edge at an angle relative to the second lateral edge and meeting the first rear edge at a central vertex to form an inverted arrowhead shape at a rear of the dispenser,
- wherein the forward arrowhead shape and the inverted arrowhead shape are complimentary,
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined at the first forward edge and the second forward edge, and
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined at the first rear edge and the second rear edge.
A plurality of dispensers formed along a top planar member strip and a bottom planar member strip, each dispenser formed so that a forward arrowhead shape is adjacent to a rear inverted arrowhead shape of a subsequent dispenser, each dispenser comprising:
- a top planar member;
- a bottom planar member,
- wherein a first peripheral edge of the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined to form a first lateral edge, and wherein a second peripheral edge of the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined to form a second lateral edge;
- a first forward edge extending from the first peripheral edge at an angle relative to the first peripheral edge;
- a second forward edge extending from the second peripheral edge at an angle relative to the second peripheral edge, wherein the second forward edge meets the first forward edge at a point to form the forward arrowhead shape;
- a first rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the first lateral edge at an angle relative to the first lateral edge;
- and
- a second rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the second lateral edge at an angle relative to the second lateral edge and meeting the first rear edge at a central vertex to form the rear inverted arrowhead shape at a rear of the dispenser, wherein the forward arrowhead shape and the rear inverted arrowhead shape are complimentary,
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined at the first forward edge and the second forward edge, and
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are permanently joined at the first rear edge and the second rear edge.
A method of making a dispenser, the method comprising:
- providing a top planar member;
- providing a bottom planar member;
- joining a first peripheral edge of the top planar member and a first peripheral edge of the bottom planar member to form a first lateral edge;
- joining a second peripheral edge of the top planar member and a second peripheral edge of the bottom planar member to form a second lateral edge;
- forming a first forward edge extending from the first peripheral edge at an angle relative to the first peripheral edge;
- forming a second forward edge extending from the second peripheral edge at an angle relative to the second peripheral edge, wherein the second forward edge meets the first forward edge at a point to form a forward arrowhead shape;
- forming a first rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the first lateral edge at an angle relative to the first lateral edge;
- and
- forming a second rear edge extending inwardly into an area between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from a rear end of the second lateral edge at an angle relative to the second lateral edge and meeting the first rear edge at a central vertex to form an inverted arrowhead shape at a rear of the dispenser,
- wherein the forward arrowhead shape and the inverted arrowhead shape are complimentary,
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are joined at the first forward edge and the second forward edge, and
- wherein the top planar member and the bottom planar member are joined at the first rear edge and the second rear edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.