ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,225, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Cleaning supply holders and dispensers" was invented by Frank Yang (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Joseph Sandor (Newport Beach, Calif.), Myk Wayne Lum (Irvine, Calif.) and Adam C. Wade (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include an enclosure configured to receive, store, and dispense a cleaning fluid. A device may include a support base, wherein the enclosure and support base can be configured to support a roll of cleaning wipes in a manner that permits the roll to rotate when one or more cleaning wipes are removed fro...