Book match dispenser

Claim 1

A Lazy Susan type dispenser for book matches and the like comprising a frustrum constituting a base, an upstanding body rotatably mounted centrally on the top of the base, said body having a vertical axis of rotation and being provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced vertically extending openings therein that open through the upper end of said body and which openings are each of constant transverse configuration throughout their vertical extent, said body including as an integral part thereof a flat bottom wall at its lower end closing said vertically extending openings at the lower end of said body, said bottom wall resting upon and also slidably engaging the top of the base during rotation of the body, said body and said bottom wall being provided, in association with each of said openings, with an L-shaped slot of lesser circumferential extent than said opening that extends vertically from the top of the body downwardly to said bottom wall and thence radially inwardly in said bottom wall, said slot having its vertical extent disposed radially outward from the opening, said slot throughout its extent opening from said opening to the exterior of said body, said slot being circumferentially enlarged for a vertical interval relatively small compared to the vertical height of the body, said slot enlargement being coincident with said bottom wall and extending upwardly from the latter, said bottom wall having greater transverse dimensions than the top of the base whereby the bottom wall projects radially outward from the base, a cover removably seated on the body, said cover comprising a top wall overlying the body with such top wall having about its periphery an integral depending skirt surrounding the body, said skirt having a lower edge that is vertically spaced above the bottom wall of the body, and means for preventing rotation of the cover relative to the body when the former is seated on the body.