Toy candy dispenser

A dispensing apparatus, comprising:

• a lower housing having lower housing opening;
• a reservoir piece seated inside the lower housing and having a containing section that holds at least one item to be dispensed, the containing section having an enclosing wall, a base and reservoir opening provided in the enclosing wall that communicates with the interior of the containing section;
• and
• a biasing element positioned between the base of the reservoir piece and the lower housing, the biasing element having a normal bias that normally biases the reservoir piece to a non-dispensing position where the reservoir opening and lower housing opening are not aligned;
• and
• an upper housing;
• wherein upper housing and lower housing can be squeezed together to cause the reservoir piece to move downwardly against the normal bias of the biasing element, so as to align the reservoir opening and lower housing opening to arrive at a dispensing position;
• further including a platform having a top wall and a rear wall that extends below the top wall from a rear edge of the top wall, the rear wall having platform opening that is always aligned with the lower housing opening, and which is aligned with the reservoir opening in the dispensing position but mis-aligned with the reservoir opening in the non-dispensing position.

A dispensing apparatus, comprising:

• a lower housing having lower housing opening;
• a reservoir piece seated inside the lower housing and having a containing section that holds at least one item to be dispensed, the containing section having an enclosing wall, a base and reservoir opening provided in the enclosing wall that communicates with the interior of the containing section;
• and
• a biasing element positioned between the base of the reservoir piece and the lower housing, the biasing element having a normal bias that normally biases the reservoir piece to a non-dispensing position where the reservoir opening and lower housing opening are not aligned;
• and
• an upper housing;
• wherein upper housing and lower housing can be squeezed together to cause the reservoir piece to move downwardly against the normal bias of the biasing element, so as to align the reservoir opening and lower housing opening to arrive at a dispensing position;
• wherein the lower housing has a curved guide wall that is positioned opposite the lower housing opening, with the curved guide wall positioned in the containing section of the reservoir piece when the reservoir piece is in the dispensing position, and not positioned in the containing section of the reservoir piece when the reservoir piece is in the non-dispensing position.