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Dispensing device with sensory alert

CA 1331168 C · Owner: Thomas A. Schutz Co. Inc. · Inventors: Adenau, Marvin L.

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The device consists of a frame defining a receptacle for an article to be normally displayed in a first position structure on the frame for inhibiting grasping by a purchaser of an article in the first position a trigger, movable relative to the frame between a normal position and a release position for moving an article from the first position relative to the frame to a removal position as an incident of movement of the trigger from the normal position to the release position, and structure responsive to movement of the trigger from the normal position to the release position for giving a sensory indication that the trigger has been moved from the normal position to the release position …

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  • Granted August 2, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 2, 2011.
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FiledDecember 6, 1988
GrantedAugust 2, 1994
Term endedAugust 2, 2011
Patent numberCA 1331168 C
Classification (IPC)B65G59/00 +1 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedDec 6, 1988Patent grantedAug 2, 1994Term endedAug 2, 2011

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