Dual dispensing packaging
A dual-dispensing product dispenser is provided. In an embodiment, the product dispenser is a confectionery product dispenser. The dispenser comprises one opening having a sliding cover that provides for the dispensing of a small number of pieces of confectionery product, as well as a hingedly attached wall for exposure of the entire inventory of products.
1 . A hand-held product dispenser comprising a body comprising at least two walls that define an interior, one wall defining an opening having a sliding cover that is so connected and arranged to allow the product to be dispensed through the opening upon suitable movement of the sliding cover, wherein one wall is hingedly attached to the second wall to allow the walls to separate at one end to reveal the interior.
2 . The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the dispenser is a hand-held confectionery product dispenser.
3 . The dispenser of claim 2 wherein the cover may be slid between a closed position and a dispensing position in response to a single continuous motion with one hand.
4 . The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the opening has internal grooves and the opening cover slidably engages the internal grooves.
5 . The dispenser of claim 1 further comprising an indentation in the second wall.
6 . The dispenser of claim 5 wherein the hingedly attached wall further comprises a finger engagement that opposes the indentation in the second wall.
7 . The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the hingedly attached wall is releasably secured to the second wall by a spring-loaded hinge.
8 . A hand-held confectionery product dispenser comprising a body comprising at least two walls that define an interior, one wall defining an opening having a cover that is so connected and arranged to allow the product to be dispensed through the opening upon suitable movement of the cover, wherein one wall is hingedly attached to the second wall to allow the walls to separate at one end to reveal the interior.
9 . The dispenser of claim 8 wherein the cover is a sliding cover.
10 . The dispenser of claim 9 wherein the opening has internal grooves and the opening cover slidably engages the internal grooves.
11 . The dispenser of claim 10 wherein the cover may be slid between a closed position and a dispensing position in response to a single continuous motion with one hand.
12 . The dispenser of claim 8 wherein the cover is a rotating cover.
13 . The dispenser of claim 8 further comprising an indentation in the second wall.
14 . The dispenser of claim 7 wherein the hingedly removable wall further comprises a lip that opposes the indentation.
15 . The dispenser of claim 13 wherein the hingedly attached wall is releasably secured to the other wall by a spring-loaded hinge.
16 . A hand-held confectionery product dispenser comprising a body comprising at least two walls that define an interior, one wall defining an opening having a sliding cover that is so connected and arranged to allow the product to be dispensed through the opening upon slidable movement of the cover, wherein one wall is hingedly attached to the second wall by a spring-loaded hinge to allow the walls to separate at one end to reveal the interior and further comprising a securing mechanism comprising a button and latch for securing the hingedly attached wall to the second wall.
17 . The dispenser of claim 16 wherein the opening has internal grooves and the opening cover slidably engages the internal grooves.
18 . The dispenser of claim 17 wherein the cover may be slid between a closed position and a dispensing position in response to a single continuous motion with one hand.
19 . The dispenser of claim 16 wherein the hingedly removable wall further comprises a finger engagement that opposes the indentation.
20 . A hand-held product dispenser comprising a body comprising at least two walls that define an interior, one wall defining an opening having a cover that is so connected and arranged to allow the product to be dispensed through the opening upon suitable movement of the cover, wherein one wall is hingedly attached to the second wall to allow the walls to separate at one end to reveal the interior.
21 . The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the dispenser is a hand-held confectionery product dispenser.
22 . The dispenser of claim 1 or 2 wherein the cover is a sliding cover.
23 . The dispenser of claim 3 wherein the cover may be slid between a closed position and a dispensing position in response to a single continuous motion with one hand.
24 . The dispenser of claim 3 or 4 wherein the opening has internal grooves and the opening cover slidably engages the internal grooves.
25 . The dispenser of claim 1 or 2 wherein the cover is a rotating cover.
26 . The dispenser of any one of the preceding claims wherein the hingedly attached wall is releasably secured to the second wall by a hinge.
27 . The dispenser of claim 7 wherein the hinge which releasably secures the hingedly attached wall to the second wall is spring-loaded.
28 . The dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the hingedly attached wall is releasably secured to the second wall by a button and latch mechanism.
29 . The dispenser of any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the hingedly attached wall further comprises a finger engagement that opposes an indentation in the second wall.
30 . The dispenser of any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the hingedly removable wall further comprises a finger engagement that opposes an indentation in the second wall.
31 . The dispenser according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the one wall is hingedly attached to the second wall by a hinge.
32 . The dispenser according to claim 12 wherein the hinge which attaches the one wall to the second wall is spring loaded.