ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,709, issued on July 15, was assigned to S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. (Racine, Wis.).
"Device for dispensing a plurality of flowable materials" was invented by William J. Rice (Antioch, Ill.), Steven A. Zach (Waterford, Wis.) and Francisco R. Figueroa (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for flowable materials includes a tube having a tube interior cavity, an open proximal end, and a distal end having a dispensing orifice. A dividing wall extends along the tube interior cavity and divides the tube into a plurality of chambers. A first flowable material is positioned in a first of the chambers. At least one additional flow...