Product dispensers

A dispenser formed of card-based or paper-based material for a product in stick form, the dispenser comprising:

• a proximal end;
• a distal end;
• a product stick carrier in the form of a cylindrical tube for supporting a product stick in use;
• an outer sleeve in the form of a cylindrical tube disposed radially outwardly of the product stick carrier, wherein the product stick carrier is fixed relative to the outer sleeve;
• a product concealing sleeve in the form of a cylindrical tube disposed radially inwardly of the outer sleeve and radially outwardly of the product stick carrier, the product concealing sleeve being retractable from a first, fully extended axial position relative to the outer sleeve and product stick carrier for concealing a product stick supported by the product stick carrier in use in order to expose the product stick for use;
• and
• a locking arrangement, wherein the locking arrangement comprises:
• a first proximal facing edge;
• a second proximal facing edge;
• a first distal facing edge;
• and
• a second distal facing edge;
• wherein the first and second proximal facing edges and the first and second distal facing edges are disposed radially outwardly of the product stick carrier and radially inwardly of the product concealing sleeve;
• wherein the first proximal facing edge and the first distal facing edge are associated with the exterior of the product stick carrier;
• wherein the second proximal facing edge and the second distal facing edge are associated with the interior of the product concealing sleeve;
• wherein the first proximal facing edge and the second distal facing edge cooperate with one another to prevent advancement of the product concealing sleeve relative to the outer sleeve and product stick carrier beyond a set point so as to define the first, fully extended position of the product concealing sleeve,
• wherein a circumferential gap is defined adjacent an end of the first distal facing edge, such that in at least one rotational position of the product concealing sleeve relative to the product stick carrier, the second proximal facing edge is movable in a proximal direction axially past the first distal facing edge through the circumferential gap without engagement of the first distal facing edge with the second proximal facing edge to permit retraction of the product concealing sleeve from an extended, concealing position, and in at least one other rotational position of the product concealing sleeve relative to the product stick carrier, at least a portion of the first distal facing edge and at least a portion of the second proximal facing edge engage one another to prevent retraction of the product concealing sleeve from the extended, concealing position.