ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,597, issued on March 25, was assigned to Coral Tools Ltd. (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Decorating rollers" was invented by Rob Kendrick (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain) and Matthew Page (Essex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention assembly for a hollow tubular decorating roller comprising a fixed mount member that is securable in use to a roller frame. The fixed mount member includes a first primary support formation and a first retention formation that extends radially beyond the first primary support formation. The retention assembly also includes a separable mount member that is selectively couplable with the fixe...