Sandwich bag dispensing device

A sandwich bag dispensing device for dispensing sandwich bags on a vertical plane thereby inhibiting the sandwich bags from falling while being stored, said device comprising:

• a box having an outer wall defining an interior space of said box which has dimensions sufficient to store a plurality of sandwich bags in a stacked and planar orientation wherein said box is configured to enable said plurality of sandwich bags to be stored without having said plurality of sandwich bags being rolled for enhancing a user's ability to remove a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags from said box without disturbing remaining ones of said plurality of sandwich bags;
• a mating member being attached to a back wall of said box, said mating member being matable to a vertical support surface thereby enabling said plurality of sandwich bags to be vertically oriented in said box wherein said mating member is configured to inhibit said plurality of sandwich bags from falling out of said box when the user removes a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags from said box, said mating member including a first half and a second half, said first half having a first mating surface being bonded to an outer surface of said back wall of said box, said second half having a first mating surface being bonded to said vertical support surface, said first half having a second mating surface which is releasably matable to a second mating surface of said second half thereby enabling said box to be removable from said vertical support surface wherein said mating member is configured to enable the user to remove said box from said vertical support surface and place said box on a horizontal support surface to assist the user with refilling said box with said sandwich bags when said box is depleted of said plurality of sandwich bags;
• a lid being removably attachable to said box thereby enabling said lid to close said interior space such that said lid retains said plurality of sandwich bags within said interior space of said box, said lid having an opening extending through said lid wherein said opening is configured to enable the user to remove a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags from said box, said opening extending through a front surface and a back surface of said lid, said opening being elongated along an axis extending between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge of said lid such that said opening has a width being sufficient to accommodate a width of said plurality of sandwich bags wherein said opening is configured to enable the user to remove a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags through said opening without deforming said single sandwich bag, said opening being centrally located between a top edge and a bottom edge of said lid such that said opening is centrally positioned over said plurality of sandwich bags wherein said opening is configured to enable the user to pull a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags through said opening in a manner which inhibits additional sandwich bags from being pulled through said opening when the user pulls said single sandwich bag through said opening, said lid having a lip being coupled to and extending away from said back surface of said lid, said lip being continuous such that said lip extends along each of said top edge and said bottom edge and said first lateral edge and said second lateral edge of said lid, said lip being spaced from each of said top edge and said bottom edge and said first lateral edge and said second lateral edge such that an outwardly facing surface of said lip frictionally engages an interior surface of said outer wall of said box when said lid is placed on said box thereby inhibiting said lid from being dislodged from said box wherein said lid is configured to inhibit said plurality of sandwich bags from falling out of said box when the user removes a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags through said opening, said back surface of said lid resting against a distal edge of said outer wall of said box such that each of said top edge and said bottom edge and said first lateral edge and said second lateral edge is aligned with an outer surface of said outer wall of said box wherein said lid is configured to inhibit the user from inadvertently snagging said lid and inadvertently removing said lid from said box;
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• a membrane being attached to said lid, said membrane being aligned with said opening in said lid wherein said membrane is configured to inhibit said plurality of sandwich bags from falling through said opening, said membrane having a cut which extends along a full length of said membrane wherein said cut is configured to enable the user to reach through said membrane for removing a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags through said cut, said membrane having a front surface being bonded to said back surface of said lid such that said membrane is positioned in said interior space of said box when said lid is removably attached to said box wherein said membrane is configured to inhibit said plurality of sandwich bags from extending into said opening prior to the user pulling a single one of said plurality of sandwich bags through said cut, said cut being centrally located in said opening wherein said cut is configured to enhance the user's ability to reach through said cut without touching a bounding surface of said opening, said cut extending along a full length of said opening wherein said cut is configured to enhance the user's ability to reach through said cut.