Merchandise dispensing apparatus providing theft deterrence

A merchandise dispensing apparatus providing theft deterrence comprising:

• a box structure defined by a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls enclosing and defining an interior space within the box structure;
• the plurality of walls positioned and configured to prevent access to the interior space from at least frontal, side, top and bottom approaches to the box structure;
• a first movable wall, of the plurality of walls, joined to the box structure by a first hinge, the first hinge enabling the first movable wall to move between a closed attitude and an open attitude relative to the box structure, the open attitude of the first movable wall sized for manual access to a frontal portion of the interior space;
• and
• a plurality of removable merchandise supporting modules, the merchandise supporting modules engaging fixed slotted strips of the box structure thereby selectively positioning the modules in adjacent, aligned, removably fixed locations within the interior space;
• each of the merchandise supporting modules providing a top panel for resting merchandise thereon, and a side wall movably secured to the merchandise supporting module;
• each adjacent pair of said side walls establishing a merchandise guideway terminating at a merchandise ejector proximal to the first movable wall, whereby merchandise ejected from each of the merchandise supporting modules is directed into the frontal portion in front of the respective merchandise supporting module in position to be manually removed from the frontal portion of the apparatus when the first movable wall is in the open attitude.

A merchandise dispensing apparatus providing theft deterrence comprising:

• a box structure defined by a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls enclosing and defining an interior space within the box structure;
• the plurality of walls positioned and configured to prevent access to the interior space from at least frontal, side, top and bottom approaches to the box structure;
• and
• a plurality of merchandise supporting modules within the interior space side by side adjacent one another across a width of the box structure, each said merchandise supporting module providing a top panel for resting merchandise thereon, a pair of opposing side panels depending downwardly from the top panel, and a movable side wall positioned adjacent to one of the side walls and parallel thereto;
• wherein
• adjacent pairs of the side walls establish merchandise guideways for orienting merchandise thereon towards a frontal portion of the interior space, each of the guideways terminating at a merchandise ejector adjacent the frontal portion, whereby merchandise ejected from the merchandise supporting modules is in position within the frontal portion of the box structure to be manually removed from the apparatus.