ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,774, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Wrapex Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Dispenser" was invented by Jonathan Crowley (Bristol, Great Britain) and Gary Badham (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser includes a container for receiving a roll of material through an opening, a blade for cutting the material, a trap, a lock, a transfer element and a lid. The lid is moveable between a covered position, in which the lid covers the opening, and an uncovered position in which the lid does not cover the opening, and the lid is configured to engage with the transfer element such that movement from the uncovered po...