System for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk

Abstract

A system for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk includes a grasping tool having a handle with a working end and a container with an opening. The opening has an edge, and at least a portion of the edge or an edge trim member is shaped so that bulk fibrous filters cannot pass freely through the opening in the container when they are inside and so that at least a portion of a top filter is accessible and graspable by the working end of the grasping tool. The edge trim member has a downwardly extending wall and tab members extending inward from the wall. The edge of the opening of the container has cutouts for receiving the tab members. The tab members can pass freely through the cutouts so that the edge trim member and the tab members can rotate freely relative to the container to define a locked position with the tab members underneath the edge of the opening so that the trim member can be releasably secured to the container. The edge trim member has a planer platform for rotating the trim member relative to the container and so that a user can move the container and the trim member together as a single unit. The planer platform has a cutout extending therethrough. The handle of the grasping tool includes a planer body with a front end with a pick extending outwardly therefrom and a tongue extending obliquely from the body. The cutout of the planer platform receives the tongue to releasably secure the grasping tool to the platform.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk comprising:
 a grasping tool with a working end, and a container with an opening, said opening having an edge, at least a portion of the edge or an edge trim member being shaped so that bulk fibrous filters cannot pass freely through the opening in the container when contained therein, and so that at least a portion of a top filter is accessible and graspable by the working end of the grasping tool, the grasping tool having a handle with a pick, which extends outwardly from said handle.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the grasping tool includes a handle, and at least part of the handle or a portion of the container is magnetic so that the handle can be releasably connected magnetically to the container. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein said container has a bore formed therein for receiving said stem portion of the pick, the bore receives the stem portion of the pick so that the handle can lie against the container in the stowed position. 
     
     
         4 . A system for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk comprising:
 a grasping tool having a handle with a working end, the working end comprises a pick extending outwardly therefrom, a container with an opening, said opening having an edge, at least a portion of the edge or an edge trim member being shaped so that bulk fibrous filters cannot pass freely through the opening in the container when contained therein, and so that at least a portion of a top filter is accessible and graspable by the working end of the grasping tool, wherein the opening is in the form of an elongate slot extending along the width of a side of the container, said fibrous filters being cone type filters, and said slot having an enlarged portion.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein at least a part of the handle or a portion of the container being magnetic so that the handle can be releasably connected magnetically to the container.