ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,559, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).
"Container for storing and serving frozen confectionery items" was invented by Leonie Martine Diks-Warmerdam (Maassluis, Netherlands) and Johannes Krieg (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally insulated container for storing and sewing frozen confectionery items, and suitable for mounting within a service cart, the container comprising: a thermally insulated housing having an inner surface, defining an enclosed insulated chamber, and an outer surface for mounting engagement with a service cart, the thermally insulated housing hav...