US Patent Issued to Mars on June 2 for "Merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product" (Ohio, Arkansas, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,366, issued on June 2, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).

"Merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product" was invented by Bill Nottingham (Cleveland), Bill Rabbitt (Cleveland), Lindsey Tufts (Cleveland), Nick Stanca (Cleveland), Henry Izzo (Hackettstown, N.J.) and Carter Calico (Rogers, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product along an aisle may include a) a lower shelf and b) an upper shelf disposed above the lower shelf along a longitudinal axis of the merchandise display, c) a suppor...