Patent ID: 8524300

Claim:
A covered retracted confectionery comprising: a housing having an interior and an exterior as well as a top and a bottom; covers hinged adjacent the top of the housing for movement between closed and open positions; each of the covers having a lower tab projecting inwardly toward the center of the housing; a shaft having a top and a bottom; the shaft mounted for movement between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing; a confectionery carried adjacent the top of the shaft; a flange adjacent the top of the shaft below the confectionery; the flange engaging the plates of the hinged covers to close the covers when the shaft is retracted; an actuator slideably mounted on the exterior of the housing to move the shafted from the retracted position to the extended position; and a bias urging the shaft and the confectionery into the retracted position below the closed hinged covers; and the bias is positioned to be increased when the actuator moves the shaft from the retracted position to the extended position.