Dispenser for flat flexible items

Abstract

Provided is a dispenser for dispensing flat flexible items such as individually wrapped condoms or tea bags, and sachets of liquid soap or soup powder. The dispenser has a dispensing slot and a finger slot located on the top surface of the dispenser. A ramp is located in the interior of the dispenser having a top edge coinciding with the top edge of the forward surface and having a second edge attached to the bottom planar surface.

1 . A dispenser for dispensing flat flexible items, comprising:
 (a) a planar top surface having a forward edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge;   (b) a planar bottom surface having a forward edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge;   (c) a first lateral surface having top edge coinciding with the first lateral edge of the top surface and a bottom edge coinciding with the first lateral edge of the bottom surface;   (d) a second lateral surface having top edge coinciding with the second lateral edge of the top surface and a bottom edge coinciding with the second lateral edge of the bottom surface;   (e) a forward surface having a top edge and having a bottom edge coinciding with the forward edge of the bottom surface;   (f) a rear surface having a top edge coinciding with the rear edge of the top surface and having a bottom edge coinciding with the rear edge of the bottom surface;   (g) a dispensing slot located in the top surface adjacent to the forward end of the top surface and extending from the first lateral edge of the top surface to the second lateral edge of the top surface;   (h) a finger slot located in the upper surface and separated from the dispensing slot; and   (i) a ramp located in the interior chamber having a top edge coinciding with the top edge of the forward surface and having a second edge attached to the bottom planar surface, the bottom edge of the ramp being spaced apart from the bottom edge of the forward surface and spaced apart from the bottom edge of the rear surface.   
     
     
         2 . The dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the ramp contacts the second planar surface at a dihedral angle of about 45°. 
     
     
         3 . The dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the rear surface is hinged to the bottom surface or the top surface. 
     
     
         4 . The dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper surface is reinforced between the dispensing slot and the finger slot. 
     
     
         5 . The dispenser according to  claim 1 , prepared from a precut blank cut from a pliable sheet material.