Business card dispenser

A dispensing apparatus for sequentially dispensing a plurality of rectangularly shaped cards such as business or calling cards comprising a case having a lid and a body portion, said lid having forward and rear ends, a generally continuous and planar upper surface upon which indicia may be displayed and a pair of outwardly extending side flanges, said body portion of said case having forward, rear and spaced side walls and a bottom wall which define a card retaining chamber which is just slightly larger in dimension and of the same rectangular configuration of the cards to be placed therein, a pair of opposing elongated recessed formed in each of said side walls of said body portion in which said flanges of said lid are selectively and slidingly received, an elongated slot formed between said said forward end of said lid and said forward wall of said base through which the cards are selectively dispensed, generally planar card support means movably housed within said body portion of said case and being of a size to extend substantially between said forward, rear and side walls thereof, guide means for securing said card support means within said body portion of said case, resilient means mounted between said card support means and said bottom wall for urging said card support means upwardly toward said lid of said case, an ejector means slideably disposed within said body portion of said case, said ejector means having a generally planar body portion which is slideably oriented with respect to an adjacent one of said side walls of said body portion, said ejector means including a depending ejector ledge which extends perpendicular from said body portion outwardly toward said opposite side wall of said body portion of said case and along said rear wall of said body portion of said case, and a recess formed in said rear end wall, said recess being of a size to cooperatively receive said ejector ledge of said ejector means therein so that said ejector ledge is normally seated within said recess when said ejector means is retracted within said housing, an opening in said one of said side walls, push button means connected to said body portion of said ejector means through said opening in said one of said side walls, resilient means for urging said ejector means inwardly of said casing, a first inwardly extending support means integrally formed with said one of said side walls adjacent said opening therein, said ejector means having a slotted opening in said body portion through which said support means is oriented, and at least one outwardly extending flange element integrally formed with said body portion and extending through said opening in said one of said side walls of said body portion of said case, and said resilient means being a continuous band which is mounted over said support means and said flange element.

A dispensing apparatus for sequentially dispensing a plurality of cards such as business or calling cards comprising a case having a closure portion and a body portion, said body portion of said case having first and second end walls, spaced side walls and a bottom wall, an elongated slot formed along said first end wall of said base through which the cards are selectively dispensed, card support means movably housed within said body portion of said case and being of a size to extend substantially between said first and second end walls and said side walls thereof, guide means for securing said card support means within said body portion of said case, resilient means mounted between said card support means and said bottom wall for urging said card support means upwardly therefrom, an ejector means slideably disposed within said body portion of said case, said ejector means having a generally planar body portion which is slideably oriented with respect to and adjacent one of said side walls of said body portion, said ejector means including a depending ejector ledge which extends perpendicular from said body portion outwardly toward said opposite side wall of said body portion of said case and along said rear wall of said body portion of said case, an opening in said one of said side walls, push button means connected to said body portion of said ejector means through said opening in said one of said side walls, a first inwardly extending support means integrally formed with said one of said side walls adjacent said opening therein, said ejector means having a slotted opening in said body portion through which said support means is oriented, and at least one outwardly extending flange element integrally formed with said body portion and extending through said opening in said one of said side walls of said body portion of said case, and resilient means mounted over said support means and said flange element for urging said ejector means inwardly of said case.