ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,510, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PDQ Mazoo LLC (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for dispensing medication or food products from a container" was invented by Richard Mazursky (Northbrook, Ill.) and Ruth Green-Synowic (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for dispensing food products or medication comprising: a rectangular compartment comprising gripping elements for gripping the rectangular compartment by a user, and connecting members, the connecting members being on two opposite sides of the rectangular compartment and operable to attach one or more other containers to the container; and a lid por...