ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,242, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Dispenser" was invented by Juhi Solanki (New Brunswick, N.J.) and Mark Bartlett (North East, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser (10) for holding and dispensing consumable products (300). The dispenser may include a first component (100) having a storage cavity (103) containing a plurality of consumable products, a closer member (150) that closes an open end (104) of the storage cavity, and a second component (200) pivotably coupled to the first component for dispensing one of the consumable products at a time. The closure member has a dispensing ...