Dispenser for booklets and similar articles

Claim 1

A DISPENSER IN WHICH FLAT ARTICLES ARE ADAPTED TO BE STACKED COMPRISING A CARTON MADE FROM A BLANK OF STIFF MATERIAL FOLDED TO FORM A TUBULAR CONTAINER HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION ENCLOSING SAID STACK OF ARTICLES, SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A FRONT WALL CONNECTED TO A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE WALLS ON EITHER SIDE THEREOF AND A BACK WALL, SAID WALLS TERMINATING AT A LOWER EDGE OF SAID BLANK DEFINING A LOWER OPEN END OF THE TUBULAR CONTAINER, A PAIR OF SIDE FLAPS CONNECTED TO THE SIDE WALLS ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BLANK AND FOLDED INTO THE OPEN END OF THE TUBULAR CONTAINER IN CLOSE SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID SIDE FLAPS BEING SPACED FROM THE FRONT WALL TO ACCOMMODATE A DISPENSING SLOT AT THE LOWER END OF THE TUBULAR CONTAIN FROM WHICH A LOWERMOST ARTICLE MAY BE WITHDRAWN, AN END CLOSURE FLAP CONNECTED TO THE BACK WALL EXTENDING BELOW THE SIDE FLAPS AND HAVING A FOLDED PORTION FOLDABLE BETWEEN A CLOSING POSITION CLOSING SAID LOWER OPEN END OF THE TUBULAR CONTAINER AND A DISPENSING POSITION FOLDED ABOUT THE SIDE FLAPS TO FORM SAID DISPENSING SLOT AT THE LOWER END OF TUBULAR CONTAINER, SAID FRONT WALL HAVING A NOTCH FORMED IN THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BLANK FOR EXPOSING SAID LOWERMOST ARTICLE WHEN SUPPORTED ON TOP OF THE FOLDED PORTION OF THE CLOSURE FLAP IN THE DISPENSING POSITION THEREOF, AND SUPPORT MEANS FOR HOLDING THE TUBULAR CONTAINER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION.