ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,872, issued on Dec. 9.

"Rotatable toilet paper holding assembly" was invented by Desmond Jaco (Brookshire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotatable toilet paper holding assembly includes a rotation mount that is mountable to a vertical support surface. The rotation mount has a rotation element that is rotatably disposed in the rotation mount. The rotation element is releasably locked in a first position or a second position. The rotation element includes a toilet paper mount for releasably engaging a roll of toilet paper. The toilet paper mount flips the roll of toilet paper when the rotation element is rotated between the fir...