ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,100, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (East Hanover, N.J.).

"Dispenser for consumable products" was invented by Paul Collier (East Hanover, N.J.), Sameer Naik (East Hanover, N.J.), Leonard Scarola (East Hanover, N.J.) and Paul Zerfas (East Hanover, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser (10) for easily dispensing a plurality of products (12) contained therewithin is provided. The dispenser includes a cover (14) having a pressing opening (32) and a dispenser volume, a base (16) having an dispensing opening (36) and an engaging member (46), a blister tray (18) having at least a portion of the ...