Dispenser for pouched contents

Abstract

Disclosed is a dispenser for dispensing a continuous strip of pouches. The dispenser comprises a box with right ( 14 a ) and left ( 14 b ) side panels wherein one of the side panels includes a tuck flap insert ( 24 ), a rear panel ( 18 a ) and a rear panel glue flap ( 18 b ), a pair of bottom closure panels ( 16 a, 16 b ) and bottom closure flaps ( 16 c, 16 d ), a pair of top closure panels ( 12 a , 12 b ) and a top closure flap ( 12 c ) wherein one of the top panels includes a top tuck flap ( 22 ) adapted to fit into the tuck flap insert ( 24 ), and a front section ( 20 ). The front section includes lower and upper front panels and a gate flap ( 26 ). The gate flap touches one of the top closure panels such that the strip of pouches within the box can be dispensed out the front section and held in place by the gate flap.

1 . A dispenser for dispensing a continuous strip of pouches, the dispenser comprising:
 a box comprised of:
 a pair of side panels each having at least one shared perimeter edge wherein one of the side panels includes a tuck flap insert; 
 at least one rear panel having at least one shared perimeter edge; 
 at least one bottom closure panel and at least one bottom closure flap, the at least one bottom closure panel having at least one shared perimeter edge; 
 at least one top closure panel and at least one top closure flap, one of said at least one top closure panel having at least one shared perimeter edge wherein one of the top panels includes a top tuck flap extending therefrom adapted to fit into the tuck flap insert; and 
 a front section comprised of:
 a front panel; 
 an upper front panel connected along a perimeter edge with the front panel wherein said upper front panel angles inward and upward with respect to the interior of the box, and further coupled on either side with the side panels; 
 a gate flap connected along a perimeter edge with the upper front panel that angles back outward and further upward; and 
 wherein the gate flap terminates substantially close to or touches a top closure panel such that the continuous strip of pouches contained within the box can be dispensed out the front section and held in place by the gate flap, and further wherein the angle of the gate flap prevents the continuous strip of pouches from being retracted into the box. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The dispenser of  claim 1  further comprising a rear panel glue flap. 
     
     
         3 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps are comprised of paperboard material. 
     
     
         4 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the box is assembled from a paperboard blank of the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps. 
     
     
         5 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps are comprised of a polymer material. 
     
     
         6 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps are comprised of cardboard material. 
     
     
         7 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps are comprised of metallic material. 
     
     
         8 . The dispenser of  claim 1  wherein the side, rear, top, and front section panels and flaps are comprised of any combination of paperboard, cardboard, polymer, and metallic material. 
     
     
         9 . A blank for forming a box dispenser for dispensing a continuous strip of pouches
 right and left side panels wherein one of the side panels includes a tuck flap insert;   at least one rear panel;   at least one bottom closure panel;   at least one bottom closure flap;   at least one top closure panel wherein one of the at least one top closure panels includes a top tuck flap extending therefrom adapted to fit into the tuck flap insert;   a front section comprised of:
 a front panel; 
 an upper front panel connected along a perimeter edge with the front panel and further connected along either side to the right and left side panels; and 
 a gate flap connected along a perimeter edge with the upper front panel.