Rotating ornamental candy dispenser

Abstract

A novelty candy dispenser assembly that includes a hollow housing member having a candy storing section and a candy dispensing section. A stack of candy tablets can be biased towards the dispensing section. An operator input lever can be activated to selectively release an uppermost candy tablet from the stack of candy tablets. The manually operated lever member also rotates a multi-faceted member above the dispensing section that can support an ornamental feature for display to the user. The ornamental feature is moved in coordination with a user activation of the operator input member. A shutter can initially close an opening in a cover member extending over the rotatable member so that the viewer does not see the rotation of the ornamentation.

1 . A candy dispenser assembly comprising: 
 a hollow housing member having a candy storing section and a candy dispensing section;    a bias unit in the candy storing section for urging stack of candy tablets towards the dispensing section;    a dispensing unit in the candy dispensing section having an operator input member for selectively releasing an uppermost candy tablet from the stack of candy tablets when activated; and    a rotable member mounted above the dispensing section for supporting an ornamental feature for display to the user, the ornamental feature is moved in coordination with user activation of the operator input member wherein a candy tablet is dispensed along with movement of the ornamental feature.    
   
   
       2 . The candy dispensing assembly of  claim 1  wherein the dispensing section has an opening in a side of the hollow housing member for ejecting the candy tablets traverse to an axis of the stack of candy tablets and the rotable member is mounted above the opening and rotable about the axis.  
   
   
       3 . The candy dispensing assembly of  claim 2  wherein the rotable member includes a plurality of individual indicia that are selectively presented above the opening when the rotable member is activated by the operator input member.  
   
   
       4 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 3  wherein the rotable member is a polyhedral member with indicia on each facet of the polyhedral member.  
   
   
       5 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 4  wherein the rotable member has a separate animal face on each facet.  
   
   
       6 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 3  wherein the rotable member is moved a set distance for each activation by the operator input member.  
   
   
       7 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 3  wherein the rotable member is freely rotated by activation of the operator input member and randomly stopped upon release of the operator input member.  
   
   
       8 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 1  further including a cover member mounted over the rotable member with an opening for displaying an ornamental feature.  
   
   
       9 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 8  further including a shutter member mounted for closing the opening in the cover member and activated by the operator input member.  
   
   
       10 . A candy dispenser assembly comprising: 
 a hollow housing member having a candy storing section and a candy dispensing section;    a bias unit in the candy storing section for urging stack of candy tablets towards the dispensing section;    a dispensing unit in the candy dispensing section having an operator input member for selectively releasing an uppermost candy tablet from the stack of candy tablets when activated;    a cover member having a display window is mounted over the dispensing unit;    a rotable member with a plurality of facets is mounted within the cover member and above the dispensing section for supporting ornamental indicia for display to the user through the display window, the ornamental indicia is moved in coordination with user activation of the operator input member wherein a candy tablet is dispensed along with movement of the ornamental feature.    
   
   
       11 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 10  further including a shutter member mounted within the cover member for closing the display window in the cover member and activated by the operator input member.  
   
   
       12 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 11  wherein the rotable member is a polyhedral member with indicia on each facet of the polyhedral member.  
   
   
       13 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 12  wherein the rotable member has a separate animal face on each facet.  
   
   
       14 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 13  wherein the rotable member is moved a set distance for each activation by the operator input member.  
   
   
       15 . The candy dispenser assembly of  claim 11  wherein the rotable member is freely rotated by activation of the operator input member and randomly stopped upon release of the operator input member.