Compact Container

Abstract

A compact container for small items includes a housing with an opening at one end and a tray designed to hold small items and slide into and out of the housing. The housing includes an additional opening for dispensing items. The tray has walls with a gap that aligns with the additional opening when inserted into the housing, allowing items to pass through for dispensing. The housing includes a door to cover the additional opening. The tray includes anchors that engage with receptacles in the housing to secure the tray. The anchors can disengage from the receptacles based on force applied to the housing or tray.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A compact container comprising:
 a housing having an opening at an end of the housing; and   a tray configured to hold small items and to slide into and out of the housing.   
     
     
         2 . The compact container of  claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes an additional opening to dispense one or more small items. 
     
     
         3 . The compact container of  claim 2 , wherein the additional opening is located at an opposing end of the housing from the opening. 
     
     
         4 . The compact container of  claim 2 , wherein the tray includes a plurality of walls having a gap and the gap aligns with the additional opening when the tray is inserted into the housing allowing the one or more small items to pass through the gap and the additional opening for dispensing. 
     
     
         5 . The compact container of  claim 2 , wherein the housing further includes a door to cover the additional opening. 
     
     
         6 . The compact container of  claim 5 , wherein the door is biased to cover the additional opening. 
     
     
         7 . The compact container of  claim 6 , wherein the door is biased to cover the opening using one or more magnets. 
     
     
         8 . The compact container of  claim 6 , wherein the door is biased to cover the opening using one or more mechanical interfaces. 
     
     
         9 . The compact container of  claim 5 , wherein the door is attached to a portion of the housing with a hinge and is configured to open and expose the additional opening for dispensing the one or more small items by rotating around the hinge. 
     
     
         10 . The compact container of  claim 5 , wherein the door is configured to slide to open and expose the additional opening for dispensing the one or more small items. 
     
     
         11 . The compact container of  claim 10 , wherein the door is further configured to slide to close and cover the additional opening to prevent the one or more small items from passing through the opening. 
     
     
         12 . The compact container of  claim 5 , wherein the door is further configured to prevent the one or more small items from passing through the opening when the door covers the additional opening. 
     
     
         13 . The compact container of  claim 1 , wherein the tray includes at least one dividing wall. 
     
     
         14 . The compact container of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one dividing wall divides the tray into two or more regions. 
     
     
         15 . The compact container of  claim 5 , wherein the tray includes a covered channel. 
     
     
         16 . The compact container of  claim 15 , wherein the covered channel includes an opening, and the opening of the covered channel aligns with the additional opening when the tray is inserted into the housing allowing the one or more small items disposed in the covered channel to pass through the opening of the covered channel and the additional opening for dispensing. 
     
     
         17 . The compact container of  claim 16 , wherein the covered channel is configured to prevent one or more small items disposed in the covered channel from being seen when the tray is removed from the housing. 
     
     
         18 . The compact container of  claim 17 , wherein the tray further comprises a covered-channel door, the covered-channel door configured to cover the opening of the covered channel. 
     
     
         19 . The compact container of  claim 18 , wherein the covered-channel door is configured to engage with the door such that opening the door opens the covered-channel door allowing the one or more small items disposed in the covered-channel to pass through the opening of the covered channel and the additional opening for dispensing. 
     
     
         20 . The compact container of  claim 1 , wherein tray further includes one or more anchors, the one or more anchors configured to engage with one or more receptacles of the housing to secure the tray within the housing, and wherein the one or more anchors are configured to disengage from the one or more receptacles based on force applied to at least one of a portion of the housing or a portion of the tray.