ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,667, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).
"Packaged cosmetic stick product" was invented by Leonard Geoffrey Hoskin-Green (Bristol, Great Britain) and Benjamin George Oglesby (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged cosmetic stick product comprising a cosmetic stick composition mounted on an axially immobile retaining member, the retaining member being reversibly connected to a holder enabling the cosmetic stick product to be held in the human hand, wherein the retaining member comprises arcuate bridge structures separated by holes, the bridge structures arcing into the cosmet...