ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,453, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for accessibly positioned sanitizing materials" 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: "Accessibly positioned sanitizing materials can include paper towels and sanitizing sprays. A paper towel holder with a central support to hold a roll of paper towels can allow spinning dispensing of paper towels. The central support can also function separately as a removable disinfectant ...