Pickup, dispensing, and loading markers for games

Claim 1

A HAND DISPENSER FOR RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING WASHER MARKERS OF UNIFORM THICKNESS ON A PLANAR SURFACE COMPRISING A ROD HAVING A DIAMETER THAT PERMITS THE WASHER MARKERS TO READILY SLIDE THEREOVER, A LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED SLOT IN THE SIDE OF THE ROD AND ADJACENT EACH END OF THE ROD, A SPRING IN EACH SLOT HAVING AN ANCHOR ON ONE END AND A SHOULDER ON THE OTHER END CONNECTED BY A STEM, THE ANCHOR OF EACH SPRING HOLDING THE SAME IN THE SLOT BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE ROD WITH THE STEM RISING UP IN THE SLOT TO THE SHOULDER THAT PROTRUDES OUT OF THE SLOT FOR A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE WASHER MARKER AND THE ROD, THE SHOULDER OF EACH SPRING BEING ROUNDED TO PERMIT A WASHER TO DEPRESS THE SAME INTO ITS SLOT WHEN A WASHER MARKER IS FORCIBLY MOVED OVER THE SHOULDER IN EITHER DIRECTION, ONE END OF SAID ROD EXTENDING FROM THE SHOULDER OF ITS SPRING A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF A WASHER MARKER TO DISPENSE ONE WASHER MARKER AT A TIME WHEN PLACING THE ROD AGAINST THE PLANAR SURFACE AND BY EXERTING DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE WASHER MARKERS ON THE ROD, AND THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD EXTENDING FROM THE SHOULDER OF ITS SPRING A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO A VERY SMALL FRACTION OF THE THICKNESS OF A WASHER MARKER TO PICK UP THE SAME ONE AT A TIME FROM THE PLANAR SURFACE BY EXERTING DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE ROD.