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"The Pocket Portable Coin Dispenser"
U. S. Patent # 5,492,504
A Consumer Product for Mass Marketing

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INTRODUCTION

In today's market place, where lasers are used to add up a buyer's purchases, a cash check-out line moves very fast until a buyer fumbles through his loose change.  Though many coin dispensers are available, they are seldom used to make everyday purchases, because they tend to be too bulky to carry, they can be hard to get the coins out of quickly, and they don't tell the user how many coins they are holding.  With the "Pocket Portable Coin Dispenser", all of the coins can be seen for counting, and each coin is ejected in one straight motion with such dependability that its user can dispense change as quickly as a cashier can pull change out of a cash drawer.  This is accomplished without its user having to carry a bulky dispenser.

 
 
 
BENEFITS  &  FEATURES

• Easy coin ejection   Other dispensers have a single crescent ledge over each coin cell to keep the coin follower discs from rocking out of the dispenser.  That inhibits the user's thumb from pushing out the coins.  But, in this new invention, each disc has an attached rod (stub) that slides in a sleeve to keep it from tilting.  If the discs can't tilt, they can't rock out of the dispenser.  So, with this invention, the coin retaining ledges are opened at the back edges of the coins, so the coins can more easily be pushed out of the dispenser.  Also, if the coins could tilt, as with other dispensers, their leading edges could easily tilt below their exit slot, stopping their ejection.
• Easy coin loading   The discs and coins can't tilt in the way of coins being inserted.
• Easy coin counting   Each pair of coin chambers are connected with a trough that is deep enough to see all of the coins that are carried in both connected chambers.  These troughs do not weaken the dispenser, because they are near the center of the dispenser.  These troughs also aid the access of the users thumb, or other finger, when ejecting coins.
• Easy to carry shape   When the dispenser is carried in your pocket with its bottom outward, pocket bulges are barely noticeable, due to the unique beveled bottom and thin shape.  This dispenser can easily be carried in a small purse.
• Easy to spin between fingers   The bottom of the dispenser has a recess at the center (not shown in drawing above).  When your middle finger is placed there, and your thumb is placed over the center top bump (seen in the photos), the dispenser can be spun around with another finger to access the other side of the dispenser.
• Economical manufacturing   The snap-together parts hasten assembly without the need for adhesives, fasteners or expensive fixtures.

 
 
 
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