ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,502, issued on Nov. 3.
"Dispenser for products in a flexible tube" was invented by Jon Clay Davis (Evansville, Ind.), Robert Davignon (Terre Haute, Ind.), Ashwin Ganeshan (San Jose, Calif.) and Steve Escobar (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for dispensing a product from a flexible tube includes a shell and a dispensing apparatus that is positioned within a dispenser opening defined within the shell. A mouthpiece is attached to the shell and is in fluid communication with the dispenser opening and with the flexible tube when the flexible tube is positioned within the dispenser opening. Operation of the dispe...