ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,862, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Multi Packaging Solutions UK Ltd. (Atlanta).
"Dispensers" was invented by James J. Skelton (Nottingham, Great Britain) and David Yates (Chain Bar, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a dispenser for a product in stick form (50). The dispenser includes an inner tube (12) and a product concealing tube (16) disposed outwardly of the inner tube (12). The product concealing tube (16) is retractable and extendable relative to the inner tube (12) for exposing and covering a product stick (50) extending from a distal end of the inner tube (12) in use. The method inclu...