User selectable, integrated, multi-phase confectionery product and dispenser

Abstract

A resealable unitary, integrated multi-phase confectionery dispensing container for user customized consumption with two vertically and horizontally displaced chambers, one chamber for containing a dispensable powdered confectionery product and a second chamber for containing a dispensable liquid / gel confectionery product, the container being openable and closable with a pivotable unitary, segmented hinged cover cap member which releasably retains a pair of detachable, stick mounted solid confectionery products.

Description

[0001] USER SELECTABLE, INTEGRATED, MULTI-PHASE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT AND DISPENSER

[0002] This PCT international application claims priority to US application Serial Number US 63 / 634,722, filed April 16, 2024 the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.

[0003] TECHNICAL FIELD

[0004] This invention relates to multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispensers, more specifically, multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispensers which provide user-selectable options for combining different confections in different phases for consumption.

[0005] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0006] Novelty candy products that include multiple confections have grown in popularity, especially those with novel packaging, methods of consumption, flavors and / or textures.

[0007] By way of example, Applicant’s Patent US11 ,286,103 relates to a resealable, multiple confectionary product that provides a liquid / gel confectionery deposited on a proximately-mounted, hard candy lollipop upon user squeeze-actuation. Other examples of novelty products for multiple confectionery consumption are found in U.S. Patent Application No. 2003 / 0215549 A1 , Coleman et al, which describes novelty confectionary containers providing a user with the option of consuming a hard, solid candy alone or in combination with one or more powdered confections following the user moistening the surface of the hard, solid candy by sucking on or licking it followed by exposure / dipping / immersion of the moistened hard candy to adhere candy powder to the hard candy before consumption. A further example by Coleman is depicted in US5,370,884, of another confectionery novelty dispenser that provides for selectively dipping a moistened hard candy sucker into a powdered confectionery contained in a reservoir. The Coleman container also permits the user to reseal the dispensing container for later use.

[0008] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0009] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel, unitary multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser that provides for a multiplicity of user selectable confectionery combinations. It is a further object of the invention to provide a unique, unitary, multi-phase, multi-confectionery combinable dispenser incorporating at least two vertically and laterally offset, re-sealable chambers.

[0010] Still a further object of the present invention is to provide a novel, multichamber, multi-phase, multi-confectionery component dispenser providing a user with selectivity of a multiplicity of confectionery combinations.

[0011] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a unitary dispenser with a segregated powdered confectionery, a liquid / gel confectionery, and at least two releasably retained solid confectionery products.

[0012] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a unitary, integrated, multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser that can be conveniently opened and accessed by a user for selective consumption of confectionery combinations, and re-sealed by the user for later consumption.

[0013] These and other objects are satisfied by a multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser comprising: at least a first and a second solid confectionary products each possessing a select flavor, color and texture, each of select dimensions, and each including a projecting handling stick; a first chamber adapted to retain a powdered confectionery, said first chamber defining a bordered opening with a back upper edge, said first chamber being dimensioned to receive at least one of said at least first and second solid confectionery products to permit surface contact of at least one of said at least first and second solid confectionery products with the powdered confectionery; a second chamber adapted to retain a liquid / gel confectionery defining an upper rim with an rearwardly disposed edge including a laterally disposed hinge knuckle, said second chamber dimensioned to receive at least one of said first and second solid confectionery products to permit surface contact thereof with the liquid / gel confectionery, said second chamber defining a floor with a front wall having a forwardly disposed lower edge that is substantially co-extensive to and aligns with said back upper edge of said first chamber so the first and second chambers are vertically and laterally offset; and a unitary cover member with a first and a second handling stick receiving and retaining elements, said unitary cover member integrating a first chamber cover section, a second chamber cover section, and an orthogonally projecting manipulator element disposed therebetween, said unitary cover member adapted to be affixed to said hinge knuckle to establish a hinge connection for selectively pivoting the unitary cover member with the orthogonally projecting manipulator element between a sealing position where the first chamber cover section covers the first chamber and the second chamber cover section covers the second chamber and an exposing position where the first and second chambers are coincidentally exposed for insertion of at least one of said first or second consumable confectionery products.

[0014] In a further embodiment to the previous embodiment, the invention is characterized by the unitary cover member being releasably frictionally engageable with the first and second chambers by a snap fit.

[0015] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments where the dispenser is in the form of a toilet, the first chamber is in the form of a toilet bowl, the second chamber is in the form of a toilet tank, the first chamber cover member defines a toilet seat configuration and the projecting manipulator element defines a toilet lid.

[0016] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments where the hinge comprises at least one lateral projecting attachment pin disposed on the unitary cover member for snap fit engagement with said hinge knuckle.

[0017] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments where the cover member includes a pair of spaced, oppositely projecting attachment pins and the upper rim of the second chamber includes a pair of cooperating hinge knuckles.

[0018] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments where the handling sticks of the consumable confectionery products possess a select cross-sectional dimension and the handling stick receiving and retaining elements of the unitary cover member include feedthrough bores corresponding to said select cross-sectional dimension.

[0019] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are transparent.

[0020] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein the first chamber, the second chamber and the unitary cover are translucent.

[0021] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein the first chamber further comprises a solid inner layer of a consumable confectionery abutting and retained by at least one inner wall of the first chamber. The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein said solid inner layer of consumable confectionery is made of a translucent or transparent hard candy.

[0022] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein the first chamber further comprises a mounting surface configured for retaining at least one solid piece of a supplementary consumable confectionery.

[0023] The invention provides further embodiments to the previous embodiments wherein said at least one solid piece of a supplementary consumable confectionery retained on said mounting surface and said supplementary confectionery is shaped in the form selected from the group consisting of an animal, a creature, an eerie object, a distasteful object, and a toilet-related object.

[0024] The present application discloses a novel multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser. Specifically, the present invention features at least a pair of discrete chambers, being horizontally and vertically offset, respectively containing a powdered confectionery and a liquid / gel confectionery. The discrete chambers are sized to receive stick-mounted, consumable confectionery products of pre-selected dimensions for selectively coating the stick-mounted, consumable confectionery products with one or both of the powdered confectionery and the liquid / gel confectionery for user consumption. The user is able to expose the first and second chambers simultaneously upon pivoting a projecting manipulator incorporated into a segmented unitary cover member hingedly connected to the dispenser. The unitary cover member also releasably secures the stick-mounted, consumable confectionery products with compatibly dimensioned retaining elements to provide a compact, unitary confectionery dispenser providing a user with customizable confectionery combination consumption options.

[0025] Particular terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention and is intended to mean the following:

[0026] References to "one embodiment", "an embodiment", or “in embodiments” mean that the feature being referred to is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. Moreover, separate references to "one embodiment", "an embodiment", or “embodiments” do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment; however, neither are such embodiments mutually exclusive, unless so stated, and except as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Thus, the invention can include any variety of combinations and / or integrations of the embodiments described herein.

[0027] As used herein, the singular forms, “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the root terms “include” and / or “have”, when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of at least one other feature, step, operation, element, component, and / or groups thereof.

[0028] As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” “including,” “has,” “having” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, an article or apparatus that comprises a list of features is not necessarily limited only to those features but may include other features not expressly listed or inherent to such article or apparatus.

[0029] As used herein, and unless expressly stated to the contrary, “or” refers to an inclusive-or and not to an exclusive-or. For example, a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present), and both A and B are true (or present).

[0030] As used herein "substantially," "generally," and other words of degree are relative modifiers intended to indicate permissible variation from the characteristic so modified. It is not intended to be limited to the absolute value or characteristic which it modifies but rather possessing more of the physical or functional characteristic than its opposite, and preferably, approaching or approximating such a physical or functional characteristic.

[0031] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] The novel aspects of the present invention will become more readily apparent by describing in detail an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings:

[0033] FIG. 1. illustrates a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention while in the open position.

[0034] FIG. 2. is a top view of the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1 in the closed position. FIG. 3. is a front view of the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1 in the closed position.

[0035] FIG. 4. is a rear view of the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1 in the closed position.

[0036] FIG. 5. is a side view of the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1 in the closed position.

[0037] FIG. 6. is a side perspective view of the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1 in the open position.

[0038] FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the components comprising the embodiment of the invention of FIG. 1.

[0039] DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] With reference now to the drawings, in particular to FIGS. 1-7 hereof, embodiments of user-selective, multi-chamber, multiple phase confectionery delivery products are described. FIGS. 1-7 depict a single embodiment of the invention from multiple angles and in different configurations. Additional embodiments are disclosed further within the detailed description.

[0041] FIGS. 1-7 illustrate an embodiment of the invention in the form of a resealable toilet shaped dispenser 10 with a lower bowl / base chamber 12 with a rimmed, open top resembling a toilet bowl for containing and retaining a powdered confectionery 15, a tank chamber 22 with a rimmed, open top resembling a toilet tank for containing and retaining a liquid / gel confectionery 25, and a stepped, segmented, hinge-mounted unitary cap 13.

[0042] The dispenser 10 may be composed of a completely clear, transparent, colorless, material such as an molded polymeric plastic or of a material possessing select transparency and color. Alternatively, the dispenser may be composed from a hard, biodegradable wax or ecologically-friendly like material that is capable of multiphase, multi-confectionery containment and re-sealability while providing access by the user / consumer to the respective confectionery products contained therein.

[0043] The stepped, segmented hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 features the following major segments; a bowl chamber seat cover member 14, a toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 projecting generally vertically from the bowl chamber seat cover member 14, and a tank chamber cover member 18 disposed in a generally parallel plane at a height above the bowl chamber seat cover member 14 and substantially orthogonal to the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16. The stepped, segmented, hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 also includes a pair of solid confectionery stick handle retaining members 24, each with a through bore, disposed on the sides of the tank chamber cover member 18. The back edge portion of the tank chamber cover member 18 features a rearwardly disposed planar, hinge pin lug 20 with laterally projecting hinge pins 21 . The hinge pins 21 are positioned and dimensioned to matingly engage and cooperate with tank-mounted hinge pin knuckle retaining elements 23 disposed on the upper exterior rim of underlying tank chamber 22. The hinge pin-knuckle combination establishes a pivotal hinge mounting between the tank chamber 22 and the stepped, segmented, unitary cap member 13. In this manner, because the discrete segments comprising members 14, 16, and 18 dimensionally conform to the underlying multiphase confectionery containing dispenser bowl / base chamber 12 and tank chamber 22, a user / consumer may open and close the dispenser by selectively manipulating the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 to pivot between the bowl / base chamber 12 and tank chamber 22 exposing / open position and the bowl / base chamber 12 and tank chamber 22 sealing / closed position.

[0044] When in the exposed / open position, the powdered confectionery 15 and liquid / gel confectionery 25 are accessible to the user. Correspondingly, when in the sealed / closed position, the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 prevents user access to as well as spillage / leakage of the powdered confectionery 15 and liquid / gel confectionery 25 contained respectively in the bowl / base chamber 12 and tank chamber 22.

[0045] The dispenser 10 includes a pair of solid confectioneries, e.g., lollipop like, solid confectioneries 26, mounted on projecting solid confectionery stick handles 27. The dimensions / cross-sectional configuration of each of the solid confectionery stick handles 27 corresponds to the through bores of the solid confectionery stick handle retaining members 24 such that each of the solid confectionery stick handles 27 can be slidably received and frictionally retained thereby for display and storage. The particular combinations of liquid / gel confectionery 25, powdered confectionery 15, and the solid confectioneries 26 in the depicted embodiment may be user or factory selected to possess different colors, textures, flavors, viscosities, and / or other organoleptic qualities.

[0046] Turning now to FIG. 1., it illustrates an embodiment of the invention from the front while in the open position. FIG.1 . depicts the vertical and horizontal displacement between the tank chamber 22 and the bowl / base chamber 12. The front exterior wall of tank chamber 22 and the upper rim of bowl / base chamber 12 are generally coextensive with and align with the rearward bowl wall while the tank chamber 22 is vertically and horizontally displaced from the bowl / base chamber 12. As a result of this separation, unintended cross-contamination of the tank chamber’s 22 retained liquid / gel confectionery 25 and the bowl chamber’s 12 retained powdered confectionery 15 is minimized during storage, display and even during user consumption of the confectionery products.

[0047] Referring specifically to FIG. 2., it illustrates a top view of the embodiment while in the closed position. The center section of the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 that abuts the front-facing wall of the tank chamber 22 and the bowl chamber seat cover member 14 are generally disposed orthogonally with the sides of the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 projecting slightly forward. As depicted, the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 tapers in thickness from its bottom to the top. A user opens and closes the dispenser 10 by moving the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16. The illustrated embodiment allows the user to manipulate the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 which thereby pivots the stepped, segmented, hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 between the open or closed positions.

[0048] FIG. 2. better details the hinge connection between the tank chamber 22 and the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13. The hinge pin lug 20 having a pair of laterally projecting hinge pins 21 , projects rearwardly from the tank chamber cover member 18 of the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13, and a pair of tank-mounted hinge pin knuckle retaining elements 23 extend from the tank 22 and align with said hinge pin projecting lug 20 where the hinge pins 21 snap-fit into the tank-mounted hinge pin knuckle retaining elements 23 to form a three-knuckle hinge.

[0049] FIG. 3. illustrates a front view of the embodiment while in the closed position. The bowl chamber seat cover member 14 slightly overhangs the upper rim of the bowl / base chamber 12 to assist in securing the powdered confectionary 15 within the bowl / base chamber 12 while the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 is in the closed position.

[0050] FIG 4. illustrates a rear side view of the dispenser 10 in the closed position and more clearly depicts the position of the solid confectionery stick retaining members 24 extending from the sides of the tank chamber cover member 18. FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate side profile views of the illustrated embodiment. FIG.5 shows the embodiment in the closed position while FIG. 6 shows the embodiment in the open position.

[0051] As illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 adjacent to the tank chamber 22 projects above the tank chamber cover member 18. The rim of the tank chamber cover member 18 possesses a perimetric overhanging lip dimensioned to cooperate and frictionally engage the underlying rim of the upper tank chamber 22. The lip provides an enhanced degree of rigidity relative to the remaining central portion of the tank chamber cover member 18 and thereby ensures secure frictional engagement of the cover member 18 to the underlying tank chamber 22 to prevent unintended / undesirable leakage of the liquid / gel confectionery 25 when in the closed position.

[0052] Correspondingly, in the closed position, the bowl chamber seat cover member 14 is securely seated on the bowl / base chamber 12 by overlying and engaging with the upper rim of the bowl / base chamber 12 to prevent leakage of the powdered confectionery 15 contained therein.

[0053] FIG. 7 provides a view of the respective components comprising the multichamber, multi-phase, multi-confectionery component dispenser 10.

[0054] The embodiment presented in FIGS 1-7 presents several methods of consuming combinations of confectioneries with varying organoleptic qualities following pivoting of the segmented, hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 to the open position.

[0055] The powdered confectionery 15 can be adhered to a select stick mounted solid confectionery that has been moistened by the user / consumer’s saliva upon immersion into the lower bowl / base chamber 12. The powdered confectionery may also be coated onto a select stick mounted solid confection 26 after the user first immerses the solid confectionery 26 into liquid / gel confectionery 25 contained in the tank chamber 22 to coat the surface of the solid confectionery 26, followed by the immersion of the moistened solid confectionery into bowl / base 12 to adhere the powdered confectionery 15 onto the liquid / gel coated solid confectionery. The consumer / user is provided with personalized consumption options of consuming the solid confectionery 26 without any coating, consuming the solid confectionery 26 coated with adhered powdered confectionery 15, consuming the solid confectionery 26 coated only with the liquid / gel confectionery 25, or consuming the solid confection

[0056] 26 after being dipped into the liquid / gel confectionery 25 followed by dipping the moistened solid confection 26 into the powdered confectionery 15. These consumption options, provide a matrix for the user to combine a solid confectionery 26, a liquid / gel confectionery 25 and powdered confectionery 15, permitting the user to customize desired flavor / color combinations of the novel multi-phase confectionery.

[0057] In the embodiment depicted in FIGS. 1-7 the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 is illustrated with a smooth uniform surface. In other embodiments, not illustrated, the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 may be textured with notches, grooves, or roughened textures to facilitate user grip for manipulation.

[0058] Other embodiments may substitute the illustrated overhanging lip of the tank chamber cover member 18 with a raised edge for snap fitting into a complementarily formed perimetric groove proximate to the upper rim of the tank chamber 22 when the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 is pivoted into the sealing / closed position.

[0059] Another variation entails modification to the solid confectionery stick handles

[0060] 27 where their cross-sectional dimensions are less than those of the retaining bores of the solid confectionery stick retaining members 24 to accommodate candy wrappers.

[0061] In other embodiments, the dispenser 10 is sized and shaped for the average adolescent user. In use, the toilet shaped dispenser 10 can be supported on a flat surface or on one of the user’s palms and manipulated with the fingers of the other hand by pivoting the toilet seat lid manipulator member 16 from the confectionerysealing, closed position to the confectionery-exposing, open position. The dispenser 10 is returnable to the sealing, closed position by the user pivoting the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 to simultaneously engage both the upper rim of the bowl chamber 12 and the upper rim of the tank chamber 22.

[0062] In keeping with the nature of the likely demographic of a toilet bowl candy user -adolescents- the colors of the respective confectionery components and the viscosity of the liquid / gel confectionery 25 may be selected to maximize shock / disgust value. In that spirit, a further variation from the illustrated embodiment may include an edible hard candy layer coating in the bowl / base chamber 12 that, following depletion of the powdered confectionery 15, the user may access when the hinge-mounted unitary cap 13 is in the open position thereby permitting the adolescent user to lick the candy coating with his / her tongue and thereby prolong continued use of the dispenser.

[0063] Correspondingly, another variation contemplates the addition of one or more discrete pieces of edible candy shaped to resemble creatures or objects (e.g. rats, alligators, excrement, etc.) affixed within the bowl / base chamber 12. Such edible candy may be consumed by the user either by being picked up by fingers or by as licking or slurping from the bowl / base if in the form of a toilet in a manner to augment the shock / disgust of an observer.

[0064] The foregoing embodiments are not to intended to limit the present invention but rather disclose examples of the invention contemplated to be within the description and / or scope thereof given the foregoing. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the example and alternative embodiments described above can be devised without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the claims, the invention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

[0065] A novel, unitary consumable confectionery delivery dispenser is provided with detachable stick-mounted solid confectionery products for user selective application for customized confectionery combinations by user contact of the stick mounted confectionery products into one or more multi-phase confectioneries contained in segregated chambers upon simultaneous exposure thereof by pivotable manipulation of a multi-segmented cover cap member .

[0066] I. Parts list

[0067] 10 - Dispenser

[0068] 12 - Bowl / Base chamber

[0069] 13 - Stepped, segmented hinge-mounted unitary cap

[0070] 14 - Bowl chamber seat cover member

[0071] 15 - Powdered confectionery

[0072] 16 - Toilet seat lid manipulator member

[0073] 18 - T ank chamber cover member

[0074] 20 - Hinge pin projecting lug

[0075] 21 - Hinge pin 22 - Tank chamber

[0076] 23 - Tank-mounted hinge pin knuckle retaining element

[0077] 24 - Solid confectionery stick handle retaining member

[0078] 25 - Liquid / gel confectionery 26 - Solid confectionery

[0079] 27 - Solid confectionery stick handles

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS1. A multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser comprising: at least a first and a second solid confectionary products each possessing a select flavor, color and texture, each of select dimensions, and each including a projecting handling stick; a first chamber adapted to retain a powdered confectionery, said first chamber defining a bordered opening with a back upper edge, said first chamber being dimensioned to receive at least one of said at least first and second solid confectionery products to permit surface contact of at least one of said at least first and second solid confectionery products with the powdered confectionery; a second chamber adapted to retain a I iqu id / gel confectionery defining an upper rim with an rearwardly disposed edge including a laterally disposed hinge knuckle, said second chamber dimensioned to receive at least one of said first and second solid confectionery products to permit surface contact thereof with the liquid / gel confectionery, said second chamber defining a floor with a front wall having a forwardly disposed lower edge that is substantially co-extensive to and aligns with said back upper edge of said first chamber so the first and second chambers are vertically and laterally offset; and a unitary cover member with a first and a second handling stick receiving and retaining elements, said unitary cover member integrating a first chamber cover section, a second chamber cover section, and an orthogonally projecting manipulator element disposed therebetween, said unitary cover member adapted to be affixed to said hinge knuckle to establish a hinge connection for selectively pivoting the unitary cover member with the orthogonally projecting manipulator element between a sealing position where the first chamber cover section covers the first chamber and the second chamber cover section covers the second chamber and an exposing position where the first and second chambers are coincidentally exposed for insertion of at least one of said first or second consumable confectionery products.

2. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the unitary cover member is releasably frictionally engageable with the first and second chambers by a snap fit.

3. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser according to claim 1 where the dispenser is in the form of a toilet, the first chamber is in the form of a toilet bowl, the second chamber is in the form of a toilet tank, the first chamber cover member defines a toilet seat configuration and the projecting manipulator element defines a toilet lid.

4. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser according to any of the preceding claims where the hinge comprises at least one lateral projecting attachment pin disposed on the unitary cover member for snap fit engagement with said hinge knuckle.

5. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of claim 4 where the cover member includes a pair of spaced, oppositely projecting attachment pins and the upper rim of the second chamber includes a pair of cooperating hinge knuckles.

6. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser according to any of the preceding claims where the handling sticks of the consumable confectionery products possess a select cross-sectional dimension and the handling stick receiving and retaining elements of the unitary cover member include feedthrough bores corresponding to said select cross-sectional dimension.

7. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of any of the preceding claims wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are transparent.

8. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of any of claimsl to 6 wherein the first chamber, the second chamber and the unitary cover are translucent.

9. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of any of the preceding claims wherein the first chamber further comprises a solid inner layer of a consumable confectionery abutting and retained by at least one inner wall of the first chamber.

10. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of Claim 9 wherein said solid inner layer of consumable confectionery is made of a translucent or transparent hard candy.11 . The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of any of the preceding claims wherein the first chamber further comprises a mountingsurface configured for retaining at least one solid piece of a supplementary consumable confectionery.

12. The multi-chamber, multi-phase confectionery component dispenser of Claim 11 wherein said at least one solid piece of a supplementary consumable confectionery retained on said mounting surface and said supplementary confectionery is shaped in the form selected from the group consisting of an animal, a creature, an eerie object, a distasteful object, and a toilet-related object.

Images