Display and dispensing apparatus

An apparatus for displaying and dispensing items, such as advertising material, and also for containing articles, such as food products, available for selective removal therefrom, comprising:

• a support;
• a structure rotatably connected to said support and including a surface upon which said items can be placed for selective removal;
• said structure including side walls forming an at least partly closed multi-sided enclosure, and said surface upon which the items can be placed for selective removal thereof comprising at least one ledge connected to and extending outwardly from one of said side walls;
• a receptacle connected to said structure for receiving and holding said articles for selective removal of said articles;
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• wherein said side walls are substantially transparent, and wherein said structure further comprises means for retaining at least one advertising material adjacent an inner surface of at least one of said side walls and arranged behind said at least one ledge, whereby at least one advertising material retained thereby is viewable through said side wall from the outside of said structure when all advertising materials are removed from said at least one ledge, thereby providing a permanent advertising display even when all advertising materials are removed from said at least one ledge.

Apparatus for displaying advertising items, such as business cards, and also for containing articles, such as food products, available for selective removal therefrom, comprising:

• a multi-sided substantially upright enclosure with upright substantially transparent side walls and a top having an opening therein;
• a surface on said enclosure adapted to retain and exhibit said advertising items;
• a receptacle accommodated in said opening at the top of said enclosure for holding said articles in a manner suitable for convenient removal of said articles therefrom;
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• a space being defined between inner surfaces of said walls and said receptacle, said advertising items being at least partly received in said space and supported by both said receptacle and an inner surfce of said side wall.

An apparatus for displaying and dispensing items, such as advertising material available for selective removal therefrom, comprising:

• a support;
• a structure rotatably connected to said support and including a surface upon which said items can be placed for selective removal;
• said structure including side walls forming an at least partly closed multi-sided enclosure, and said surface upon which the items can be placed for selective removal thereof comprising at least one ledge connected to and extending outwardly from one of said side walls;
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• a pair of vertical bracing walls extending outwardly from and at both sides of each of said side walls with one of said ledges being attached to and between said pair of bracing walls, a plurality of said ledges being attached to said bracing walls in the vertical direction, whereby said bracing walls secure the ledges in position.

An apparatus for displaying and dispensing items, such as advertising material, available for selective removal therefrom, comprising:

• a support;
• a structure rotatably connected to said support and including a surface upon which said items can be placed for selective removal;
• said structure including side walls forming an at least partly closed multi-sided enclosure, and said surface upon which the items can be placed for selective removal thereof comprising at least one ledge connected to and extending outwardly from one of said side walls;
• wherein said side walls are substantially transparent, and wherein said structure further comprises means for retaining at least one advertising material adjacent an inner surface of at least one of said side walls and arranged behind said at least one ledge, whereby at least one advertising material retained thereby is viewable through said side wall from the outside of said structure when all advertising materials are removed from said at least one ledge, thereby providing a permanent advertising display even when all advertising materials are removed from said at least one ledge.