ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,840, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Dispenser for dispensing web material from a roll" was invented by Marcus Kullman (Borlange, Sweden), Martina Johansson (Borlange, Sweden), Johanna Enmalm (Borlange, Sweden), Mattias Bengtsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Tomas Gandemo (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dispenser for dispensing web material from a roll, the dispenser including a housing defining an interior of the dispenser and an arm hinged at a hinge point to a support member. The arm is adapted to pivot about the hinge point. The dispenser further includ...