Stackable dispenser for coiled materials

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for a stackable dispenser for coiled material. According to one embodiment, the stackable dispenser comprises a first container comprising a substantially circular base portion defining a central opening. An outer wall extends from an outer edge of the base portion, and an inner wall extends from an edge of the central opening in the same direction as the outer wall. The dispenser includes a cover comprising a substantially circular base portion defining a central opening wherein the base portion of the cover is mounted on an edge of the outer wall of the first container opposite the base portion of the first container, and wherein the central opening of the base portion of the cover is substantially aligned with the central opening of the base portion of the first container.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates generally to the field of storage containers. More particularly, the invention relates to a stackable dispenser for rolled or coiled materials. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Rolled or coiled materials such as rope, wire, cable, hose, tubing, string, twine, chain, or any other materials that are commonly stored, transported, sold, etc. in a roll or coil are commonly stored or packaged in a number of different manners. For example, wire, rope, tubing etc. is commonly sold and stored in coils bound together by tape, wire, plastic bands, etc. The material may or may not be wrapped or covered by plastic, paper, cardboard, etc. To use the material, the covering and / or binding, if any, are removed and the material unrolled. [0003] In other cases, the coiled material may be sold and / or stored in a package that also serves as a dispenser. For example, electrical wire such as Romex® is commonly sold in a cardboard box that includes a ho...

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However, such containers do not allow multiple materials to be dispensed from a single, central location while the containers are stacked together.

However, since the materials are not dispensed from a single, central location, such containers are awkward, unwieldy, and inconvenient to use.

However, these containers do not allow the material to be dispensed from more than one container while the containers are stacked or secured together.

Therefore, known containers or dispensers for rolled or coiled materials are inconvenient and inefficient to use since they do not allow multiple materials to be dispensed from a single, central location while the containers are stacked together.

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