ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,336, issued on July 21, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Method of making device with chambers configured to accept consumable" was invented by Tony Reevell (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes establishing a housing defining chambers, the chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber, each of the chambers being configured to accept a consumable, and configuring a mouthpiece to be selectively connected to the housing on an end of the chambers in at least a first position or a second position, the first position aligning an inlet opening of the mouthpiece to direct at least o...