Silverware dispenser

Claim 1

IN A PORTABLE FLATWARE OR SILVERWARE DISPENSER FROM WHICH A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE PLACE SETTING OF SILVERWARE COMPRISING A KNIFE, FORKS AND SPOONS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE CURVED HANDLE PORTIONS, IS DISPENSED SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE TABLE ARRANGED READY FOR USE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING A FRAME WITH A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM MEMBERS, THE LOWERMOST OF SAID BOTTOM MEMBERS BEING FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME, AND THE OTHER OF SAID BOTTOM MEMBERS BEING SLIDABLE ON SAID LOWERMOST MEMBER, SAID DEVICE HAVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF STACKS OF SILVERWARE PLACED THEREIN, SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN UNDER SAID STACKS, EACH OF SAID APERTURES HAVING THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE SILVERWARE STACKED THEREOVER, SAID FIXEDLY ATTACHED BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING CORRESPONDING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN, THE CORRESPONDING APERTURES IN SAID BOTTOM MEMBERS BEING NORMALLY DISPLACED FROM EACH OTHER, SAID STACKS NORMALLY REST ON SAID FIXED BOTTOM MEMBER WHEN SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER IS IN ITS NORMAL POSITION, MEANS FOR URGING SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER TO ITS NORMAL POSITION, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXED BOTTOM MEMBER TO BRING THE APERTURES THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT, SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SIDE OF THE CURVED HANDLES OF SELECTED LOWERMOST PIECES OF SILVERWARE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE LOWERMOST PIECES OF SILVERWARE LATERALLY FROM EACH OF SAID STACKS, SAID LASTMENTIONED MEANS HAVING CURVED UPPER SURFACES THAT CONFORM SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE UPPER CURVED SURFACES OF SAID HANDLE PORTIONS OF SAID LOWERMOST PIECES OF SILVERWARE, SAID CURVED SURFACE MEANS BEING MOVED UNDER SELECTED ONE OF SAID STACKS WHEN SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER IS MOVED TO SUPPORT SAID SELECTED STACKS UNTIL SAID SLIDABLE BOTTOM MEMBER IS RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL POSITION.