Dispensing device for multi-pack cans

A dispensing device comprising a member upon which a first can or carton different from the device can rest and only one reversible can-stop connected thereto, wherein the device has a first end about which the can-stop resides, and, away from said first end, a second end upon which the first can, a second can, or carton can rest;

• the device can dispense the first and second cans resting upon the member or another can resident in the carton above the member;
• the member has an upper surface which is substantially straight from said first to said second ends;
• and the reversible can-stop a can when the device is in the dispensing mode and to fold substantially flat when the device is in a storage mode, and the can-stop is formed by a small loop having three segments thereto, which forms an inclined surface when in the dispensing mode.

A dispensing device comprising a generally flat base member having a length and a width, the length of the base member being greater than the width, and the width approximately equal to a length of a cylindrical object to be dispensed, and a can-stop, wherein the base member has a first end about which the can-stop resides, and, away from said first end, a second end upon which the cylindrical object can rest for rolling above or upon the device toward the first end of the base member when the device in in a dispensing mode;

• the device can dispense the cylindrical object from a multi-pack carton different from the device;
• and the device includes stiff members that can be rotated about interconnecting hinged joints to form, in the dispensing mode of the device, the can-stop, which in the dispensing mode of the device has a triangular loop shape with an inclined surface to the base member, and that can be rotated back reversibly to form a substantially flat storage mode of the device.

In combination, a dispensing device different from a multi-pack carton, with the device having a base member with a substantially flat upper surface at least when the device is in a dispensing mode, and a reversible can-stop which can stop a can when the device is in the dispensing mode and to fold substantially flat when the device is in a storage mode, and an at least three-segment loop that can reversibly form at least one of the base member and the can-stop;

• and the carton which is different from the dispensing device and is capable of containing cylindrical beverage containers, in or under which carton the dispensing device can rest with its can-stop external the carton, wherein the device has a hinge in the base member intermediate opposing first and second ends of the base member;
• about the first end, the can-stop resides, and, away from the first end, the second end is present, about which a can can rest for rolling above or upon the device toward the first end of the base member when the device is in the dispensing mode;
• and said hinge is useful for folding the device essentially in half in a folded storage mode.

In combination, a dispensing device different from a multi-pack carton, with the device having a base member with a substantially flat upper surface at least when the device is in a dispensing mode, and a reversible can-stop which can stop a can when the device is in the dispensing mode and to fold substantially flat when the device is in a storage mode, and an at least three-segment loop that can reversibly form at least one of the base member and the can-stop, wherein the can-stop forms an inclined surface with respect to the substantially flat upper surface when the device is in the dispensing mode;

• and the carton which is different from the dispensing device and is capable of containing cylindrical beverage containers, in or under which carton the dispensing device can rest with its can-stop external the carton.