Dispenser of solids and semi-solids

A handheld despensing container for applying material to human lips comprising:

• a housing having an openable end and a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal slot;
• a hollow guide member received within said housing having a longitudinal axis collinear with said longitudinal axis of said housing, said guide member having an open end adjacent said housing openable end and an arcuate end surface at an end opposite said guide member open end, said arcuate end surface having a pair of spaced apart parallel raised guide ridges, said guide member having a longitudinal slot opposite said longitudinal slot in said housing, said member having a plurality of apertures adjacent said guide member open end and a second of said plurality of apertures adjacent said guide member arcuate end surface;
• a closure member attached to said housing;
• a flexible strap having a first end and a second end connected to said closure member, said closure member sized to cover said housing openable end, said flexible strap sized to slidably fit within a space between said housing and said first end and said second end received within said pair of raised guide ridges on said arcuate end surface of said guide member;
• a holding container longitudinally slidably received within said guide member and connected to said first end of said flexible strap through said longitudinal slot in said guide member;
• a longitudinal slidable thumb piece extending externally to said housing and connected, through said longitudinal slot in said housing, to said flexible strap between said first end and said second end;
• said flexible strap including a raised nub opposite said thumb piece and extending interior to said housing, said nub partially receivable within each of said plurality of apertures and fully receivably within said first and said second of said plurality of apertures;
• said closure member connected to said flexible strap at said second end and adjacent said thumb piece, said closure member sized to cover said openable end of said housing and to slidably fit between said housing and said guide member;
• said thumb piece being slidably movable from a fully retracted position wherein said thumb piece is adjacent said openable end of said housing, said nub is received within said first of said plurality of apertures, said closure member is fully covering said housing openable end, and said holding container is adjacent said arcuate end member, to a fully received within said second of said between said housing and said guide member, and said holding container is adjacent said openable end of said housing;
• and,
• wherein when said thumb piece is moved from said fully retracted position toward said fully extended position, and said flexible strap is simultaneously slid between said housing and said guide member and is guided around said guide member arcuate end surface to slide said holding container within said guide member, said nub is partially received in turn within each of said plurality of apertures providing a tactile and audible signal to a user upon begin received therein and providing a slightly different tactile and audible signal to the user when fully received within said first and said second of said plurality of apertures to signal the fully retracted and fully extended positions respectively, said nub being received within each of said apertures by a preselected biasing force to provide said tactile and audible signal.