US Patent Issued to Waddington North America on Oct. 7 for "System with multiple cutlery dispensers interchangeable between identical base retaining features" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,427, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Waddington North America Inc. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"System with multiple cutlery dispensers interchangeable between identical base retaining features" was invented by Ashish K Mithal (Chelmsford, Mass.) and William A Gallop (Westminster, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutlery dispensing system includes a base having a plurality of base compartments with identical retaining features and a plurality of dispensers having compatible retaining features allowing them to be installed in the base in any desired order and combination. In embodiments, individual dispensers remain vertically support...