Pitcher dispenser

Claim 1

A rack for holding a plurality of pitchers of the type having a general cylindrical body with a pouring spout extending laterally therefrom and a handle extending laterally from the side of said body opposite said pouring spout the combination comprising a vertically disposed rigid tube having an open top end and an open bottom end, said tube having an internal cross-sectional size which is greater than the maximum cross-sectional size of said body and said spout, said tube having a vertical slot extending from said top and to said bottom end, the width of said slot exceeding the maximum thickness of said handle to permit said handle to move freely up and down said slot as the associated one of said pitches is moved up and down in said tube and being less than the diameter of said body portion of said pitcher, and ledge means in proximity to said bottom end of said tube providing a shoulder located opposite to said slot for engaging only an arcuate portion of said bottom of said tube for engaging the spout of a pitcher disposed in said tube to retain said pitcher in said tube, the bottom portion of said slot being flared outward to an angular distance of about 180 degrees; said flared portion of said slot having a vertical length substantially less than the height of each of said pitchers, and said tube being internally dimensioned to permit the lowermost pitcher to be cocked a sufficient amount within said tube so as to be removed from said tube through said flared out portion of said slot when said lowermost pitcher is lifted in said tube off of said ledge.