ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,141, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to b.box for kids developments Pty Ltd (Notting Hill, Australia).

"Dispensable food container" was invented by Lisa Edlund Tjernberg (Mulgrave, Australia), Sylvain Jacques Amatoury (Mulgrave, Australia) and Victor Zhen Jun Toh (Mulgrave, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensable food container has a container body having an interior for receipt of dispensable food, and a container lid. The container body has a base and an opening opposite the base, and side walls that are collapsible. The lid has a closed condition in which it closes and seals the opening of the container body and an ...