Sample holder/dispenser

Claim 1

A dispenser arranged to be carried flat and manually assembled in an erected arrangement for dispensing small articles, said dispenser comprising: a tubular sidewall having fold lines permitting the sidewall to be collapsed into a flat arrangement and opened into a vertically extending tubular expanded arrangement, a bottom wall hingedly connected to a lower end of said sidewall, means on said bottom wall and sidewall for locking the bottom wall across said lower end of the sidewall with the sidewall disposed in the expanded arrangement thereby to retain the sidewall in the expanded arrangement and define with said sidewall a closed-bottom container for containing a plurality of small articles to be dispensed, said sidewall further defining an opening at said lower end, a closure having a lower end hingedly connected to said bottom wall for selectively closing said opening, and flanges on said closure extending inwardly through said opening and having a stop shoulder on an inner distal portion thereof disposed to engage the sidewall at an edge of said opening to limit the movement of the closure away from said opening to a preselected open position, said closure and flanges cooperatively defining an upwardly open access space when said closure is in said open position; a top wall hingedly connected to said sidewall above said opening and having a flap portion connected to the distal end thereof at a fold line for retaining the top wall across the top of the tubular sidewall to act as a selectively positionable cover for the dispenser permitting ready refilling of the dispenser as desired; and guide means carried on said bottom wall for guiding the small articles from the container outwardly through the opening into said access space.