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US 4,805,765 AGranted
Dispensing package for small articles
OwnerCharles G. Barrett, James B. Malloyinventors
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A counter display package for dispensing small articles comprises a generally rectangular carton containing a drawer which forms a bottom portion of the carton. A tear-away panel in the front wall of the carton is removed to expose a drawer opening through which the drawer is pulled from a closed to an open position. A chute wall hingedly connected to the drawer extends a substantial distance above the drawer and is disposed within the carton and generally adjacent the rear wall of the carton when the drawer is closed. The chute panel is retained in the latter position by loosely packed small articles contained within the carton. When the drawer is opened the chute panel assumes a position wherein it is forwardly and downwardly inclined from the carton rear wall to the drawer. The inclined chute wall cooperates with portions of the carton front and side walls to form a hopper for directing small articles from the upper portion of the carton into the drawer. As each article is removed from the open drawer it is replaced by another article fed from the hopper into the drawer. Thus, the drawer remains in a substantially full or dispensing condition until the display carton is substantially empty.
A dispensing package comprising a container, means for defining a drawer opening in a lower frontal portion of said container, a drawer supported within said lower portion for movement from a closed position wherein said drawer is disposed within said container to an open position wherein said drawer projects from said container, and means defining a hopper within said container when said drawer is in its open position for directing articles disposed within the upper portion of said container into said drawer and including a chute wall disposed within said container and extending above said drawer, said chute wall being disposed generally adjacent an associated wall of said container when said drawer is in its closed position, and means for moving said chute wall to another position wherein it is forwardly and downwardly inclined toward said drawer in response to movement of said drawer to its open position, said chute wall cooperating with associated portions of the walls of said container to define said hopper.
A dispensing package assembly for containing and dispensing small articles and comprising a generally rectangular container formed by a plurality of connected panels including a front panel, a pair of opposing side panels, a rear panel, a bottom closure panel and a top closure panel, means defining a drawer opening through a lower portion of said front panel and including a plurality of lines weakening on said front panel, a drawer wholly disposed within said container in a closed position, said drawer in its closed position defining a lower portion of said container, said drawer being movable from said closed position through said drawer opening and to an open position, a movable chute wall disposed within said container, said chute wall being disposed generally adjacent said rear panel when said drawer is in its closed position, and means for moving said chute wall to a position wherein it is forwardly and downwardly inclined from said rear panel toward said drawer in response to opening movement of said drawer, said chute wall cooperating with associated portion of said front and side panels of said container to form a hopper for directing into said drawer small articles contained within the upper portion of said container when said drawer is in its open position.
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