Dispensed cone covering and method of vending

A method of vending edible open top cones adapted to receive edible product therein comprising the steps of

• (a) covering a portion of each of a plurality of cones with an inedible, non-toxic, close fitting sanitary covering, each of said cones having a nesting ring formed thereon including a slanted surface portion, and each sanitary covering having a frilled loose fitting upper ring,
• (b) adhering the covering to the cone, the portion of each cone being covered comprising the bottom of the cone and extending upwardly therefrom a grasping distance, and terminating generally at the cone's slanted surface portion, the frilled loose fitting upper ring being generally disposed around the slanted surface portion of the nesting ring,
• (c) disposing said cones in a nested stack, one above the other, and
• (d) automatically dispensing said cone substantially one at a time from said stack to a product filling area by allowing the lowest cone in said stack to drop while camming the slanting surface portion of the nesting ring of the next to lowest cone in said stack by relative movement between a camming means and said stack, to support the rest of the stack besides said lowest cone to prevent dropping of the rest of said stack, said covering frilled upper ring not interfering with the camming means.