ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,966, issued on June 23.
"Moistened wipes dispensing device" was invented by Kimberly Showunmi (Columbia, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moistened wipes dispensing device includes a stand which includes a base and a stanchion. A dispensing unit is attached to the stanchion such that the dispensing unit is elevated above a support surface to be accessible to a user. The dispensing unit contains a roll of moistened wipes and the dispensing unit has a motion sensing element which actuates the dispensing unit to dispense one of the moistened wipes when the motion sensing element senses motion. Thus, the dispensing unit dispenses on...