Dual purpose container

Claim 1

A dual purpose container and dispenser containing comestible products encased in disposable waste material, comprising a housing and a divider movable within said housing and dividing said housing into two separate compartments wherein said housing is provided with at least two openings, the first of which openings is in communication with one compartment and is for dispensing said comestible products contained therein and the second of which openings is in communication with the other compartment and is for the insertion of said disposable waste material into said other compartment, the arrangement being such that upon the emptying of the compartment containing said comestible products said other compartment is adapted to increase in volume as a result of the movement of said divider to accomodate additional said waste material and wherein said first product dispensing opening is made in the lower portion of a side wall of said housing and said second waste receiving opening is constituted by an open top end of said housing said housing being open at both of its ends and provided with a removable lid at its bottom end to assure the retention of the comestible products contained in the bottom compartment until said products are dispensed, said side wall including means to retain said divider when all said comestible products are dispensed, and said lid is then to be removed from said bottom and to close the open upper end of said housing to retain the waste material inserted therein, said lid being provided with a tray-like extension to receive said comestible products dispensed from said first product dispensing opening.