ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,675, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CASCADES CANADA ULC (Kingsey Falls, Canada).

"Rolled product dispenser and bushing for a rolled product" was invented by Maude Lortie (Montreal, Canada) and Richard Pare (Boucherville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bushing for a rolled product having roll of web material defining a hollow center portion. The bushing includes a cylindrical body sized to be press-fitted into an extremity of the hollow center portion of the roll of web material; and an end wall fixed to the cylindrical body for closing at least partially its extremity and having a central pin-receiving hole extending t...