ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,616, issued on June 24.
"Container for a stick product" was invented by Jian Yan (Kirkland, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable cartridge assembly for stick products, intended to be used in conjunction with a rotating base that unlocks the cartridge and raises and lowers the stick product freely, while a holding cup slides in a six-track spiral sleeve of the disposable cartridge. The disposable cartridge has a decorative shell fastened onto the spiral sleeve via an interference fit, for omitting any chemical adhesive. The rotating base is intended to remain connected to the cartridge assembly for the life of the stick ...