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Dispensing cartons for stacked food items

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-06-17
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Granted: 1967-03-14
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Expires: 1985-06-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Paul J Daniels

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 19:16
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25D; F25D3/00; F25D3/02; F25D3/06; F25D3/08; B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/02; B65D5/16; B65D81/00; B65D81/18; B65D85/00; B65D85/70; B65D85/72; B65D85/74; F25D2303/00; F25D2303/08; F25D2303/082; F25D2331/00; F25D2331/80; F25D2331/804; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/811

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 197 words
IN A DISPENSING CARTON HAVING A BOTTOM AND HAVING FOLDABLY CONNECTED UPRIGHT FRONT, REAR AND SIDE PANELS, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TRAYS WITHIN SAID CARTON HAVING SIDES AND ENDS AND POSITIONED UPRIGHT ON END IN SAID CARTON AGAINST SAID FRONT PANEL AND EACH CONTAINING SUPERIMPOSED PATS OF A FOOD SPREAD WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY PAPER SEPARATORS HAVING PROJECTING MARGINS, SAID PATS AND SEPARATORS PROJECTING N HORIZONTAL POSITION FORWARDLY BEYOND THE SIDES OF THE TRAY, THERE BEING A HORIZONTAL DISPENSING SLOT ACROSS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT WALL AND HAVING AN UPPER MARGIN IN APPROXIMATE ALIGNMENT WITH THE SEPARATOR PAPERS OF THE BOTTOM-MOST PATS, SAID SLOT ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FINGER RECESSES COMMUNICATING WITH ITS UPPER MARGIN, THERE BEING ONE RECESS FOR EACH UPRIGHT TRAY, THE HEIGHT OF THE SLOT AND SIZE OF SAID FINGER RECESSES BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE GRIPPING OF A PROJECTING MARGIN OF A SEPARATOR PAPER OF A BOTTOMMOST PAT BETWEEN TWO FINGERS WHEN ONE OF SAID FINGERS IS IN A FINGER RECESS AND WHEN THE OTHER IS IN THE SLOT, AND SAID SLOT HEIGHT BEING SUCH THAT ONLY THE BOTTOMMOST PAT CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE TRAY AND CARTON.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 197 words
IN A DISPENSING CARTON HAVING A BOTTOM AND HAVING FOLDABLY CONNECTED UPRIGHT FRONT, REAR AND SIDE PANELS, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TRAYS WITHIN SAID CARTON HAVING SIDES AND ENDS AND POSITIONED UPRIGHT ON END IN SAID CARTON AGAINST SAID FRONT PANEL AND EACH CONTAINING SUPERIMPOSED PATS OF A FOOD SPREAD WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY PAPER SEPARATORS HAVING PROJECTING MARGINS, SAID PATS AND SEPARATORS PROJECTING N HORIZONTAL POSITION FORWARDLY BEYOND THE SIDES OF THE TRAY, THERE BEING A HORIZONTAL DISPENSING SLOT ACROSS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT WALL AND HAVING AN UPPER MARGIN IN APPROXIMATE ALIGNMENT WITH THE SEPARATOR PAPERS OF THE BOTTOM-MOST PATS, SAID SLOT ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FINGER RECESSES COMMUNICATING WITH ITS UPPER MARGIN, THERE BEING ONE RECESS FOR EACH UPRIGHT TRAY, THE HEIGHT OF THE SLOT AND SIZE OF SAID FINGER RECESSES BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE GRIPPING OF A PROJECTING MARGIN OF A SEPARATOR PAPER OF A BOTTOMMOST PAT BETWEEN TWO FINGERS WHEN ONE OF SAID FINGERS IS IN A FINGER RECESS AND WHEN THE OTHER IS IN THE SLOT, AND SAID SLOT HEIGHT BEING SUCH THAT ONLY THE BOTTOMMOST PAT CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE TRAY AND CARTON.

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