US 11,932,471 B2
Dual cavity sliding dispenser
Ryan Bailey, Raleigh, NC (US); and John Anthony Gelardi, Midlothian, VA (US)
Assigned to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,881.
Application 17/242,881 is a division of application No. 14/974,739, filed on Dec. 18, 2015, granted, now 11,021,293.
Application 14/974,739 is a division of application No. 12/412,809, filed on Mar. 27, 2009, granted, now 9,248,935, issued on Feb. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/118,738, filed on Dec. 1, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0245919 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 6/06 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 7/10 (2013.01) [B65D 9/08 (2013.01); B65D 11/12 (2013.01); B65D 83/0409 (2013.01); B65D 2215/02 (2013.01); B65D 2215/04 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of dispensing a product from a container, comprising:
providing a container comprising an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two opposing open ends; an inner tray slidably received within the outer shell and extendable from each of the two opposing open ends, the inner tray comprising at least one storage compartments adapted for storage of a plurality of units of the product to be dispensed and at least one depressible detent disposed at each end of the inner tray, each depressible detent comprising a raised surface that abuts an outer perimeter of each of the opposing open ends of the outer shell in a closed configuration;
depressing the at least one depressible detent abutting the outer perimeter of one of the two opposing open ends of the outer shell;
sliding the inner tray outwardly from the outer shell such that the depressed detent slides into the outer shell and the at least one storage compartment is exposed; and
removing at least one unit of the product form the storage compartment.