Sliding drawer slender article dispenser
OwnerF. McKinley Blevins, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A linear or non-linear slender article dispenser comprising an open bottom storage box and a cooperating sliding drawer operating across and positioned above the open bottom that is slideable between opposite end limited positions. There is at least one article receiving and holding groove in the upper surface of the drawer; each groove optionally having at least a center opening for gripping said article and preferably, when used with non-linear articles, at each end, an end opening to allow for rotation of the non-linear end of the article resting within the groove and for movement of the article out of the storage box.
Claims16
A dispenser for slender articles, the article having a length, a width, and optionally a crooked end, having:
- an open bottom storage box for the articles, the box having a horizontal rectangular opening in a pair of opposing walls for receiving a drawer and a partition positioned above the drawer and parallel with the walls containing the openings, the partition further having a shaped cut out opening at each lower corner, whereby the partition divides the box into compartments;
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- a rectangular flat planar drawer having ends, positioned in and slideable through the wall openings, extending across the open bottom and out the opposing walls of the box, the drawer further having at least one groove extending across at least one end of the drawer for receiving the article, whereby the groove is moved into and out of the box by a sliding action of the drawer.
A dispenser for slender articles, the article having a length, a width, and optionally a crooked end, having:
- a rectangular storage box having walls, a top end, and an open bottom end for the articles, the walls having a thickness, at least one pair of opposing walls being greater in length then the length of the article and the remaining walls being greater in length then the width of the article, the opposing walls further each having a rectangular horizontal opening, the opening having a height and a width, for receiving a drawer, the height of the opening being at least greater then the width of the article and the width of the opening being at least greater then the length of the article, the opening further each having a notch opening in each upper corner surface, the notch opening having a height and a width, for receiving the crooked end of the article, the height of the notch opening and the width of the notch opening each being greater than the width of the article;
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- a flat planar drawer having a thickness, a width, a length and ends, positioned in and slideable through the horizontal wall openings, the length extending across the open bottom and out each of the opposing walls of the box at least a distance greater than the opposing walls thickness, the width being at least greater than the length of the article, and the thickness being at least greater then the width of the article, the drawer further having at least one article-width-deep groove positioned from at least one drawer end, a distance greater then an opposing wall thickness.
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