Product dispensing system with directional flexing container
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsJohn Gelardi, Laurel Thomas, Ryan Bailey, Steve Simmons
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Abstract
A product dispensing system including a container having multiple walls that define an internal volume, at least one of the walls including a pre-formed flex line, and a dispenser including a frame having a front end and a rear end, the frame including a stop positioned proximate the rear end and a support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, and an opening tool positioned to open the container as the container is moved along the support deck into engagement with the stop, wherein the engagement between the stop and the container effects a flexing of the container along the pre-formed flex line.
Claims13
A product dispensing system comprising:
- a container comprising a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, at least one side wall of said plurality of walls comprising a pre-formed flex line;
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- a dispenser comprising:
- a frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame comprising a stop projecting from said rear end and a support deck extending between said front end and said rear end, and a lower support deck extending between said front end and said rear end, said lower support deck defining a product display area proximate said front end;
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- an opening tool positioned to create an opening in said container as said container is moved along said support deck from said front end toward said stop, such that at least one product in said container is dispensed through said opening to said product display area,
- wherein said container flexes along said pre-formed flex line when said container engages said stop, thus flexing said at least one side wall outward to ease the passage of said at least one product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.