ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,560, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).
"Container for storing and serving scoopable frozen confectionery" 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 a scoopable frozen confectionery and serving a scoop thereof to a consumer, and suitable for mounting within a service cart, the container comprising: a thermally insulated housing having at least one openable portion to allow access to an enclosed insulated chamber; a product storage assembly mounted wit...