Adjustable cup dispenser

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR NESTED AND STACKED DRINKING CUPS OF THE TYPE HAVING OUTWARDLY PROJECTING RIMS AROUND THEIR UPPER ENDS, COMPRISING A TUBE HAVING A VERTICAL MAJOR AXIS AND OPEN AT ITS LOWER END, A PLURALITY OF TOGGLE LINKAGES EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID MAJOR AXIS AND RESPECTIVELY HAVING TOGGLE KNEES ARRANGED WITH THEIR PIVOTAL AXES TANGENTIALLY TO A COMMON CIRCLE CONCENTRIC TO SAID MAJOR AXIS, EACH SAID LINKAGE COMPRISING UPPER AND LOWER LINKS HAVING THEIR ADJOINING ENDS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED TO DEFINE SAID RESPECTIVE KNEES AND DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID KNEES RELATIVE TO SAID MAJOR AXIS, MEANS SECURING EACH SAID TOGGLE LINKAGE AGAINST AXIAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE TUBE, THE RELATIVELY REMOTE ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE LINKS ABUTTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBE AND THE SAID REMOTE END OF ONE LINK AXIALLY SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE TUBE, AND ADJUSTING MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE TO VARY THE ANGLE BETWEEN SAID LINKS AND THE DISTANCE OF THE RESPECTIVE KNEES FROM SAID MAJOR AXIS.