ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,278, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Tuway American Group Inc. (Troy, Mich.).

"Rotary floor buffing pad with agitator insert" was invented by John Feeny (Troy, Mich.) and Douglas Koester (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor cleaning/refurbishment pad that includes a support layer, the support layer having a central region and an outer peripheral edge defining an outer support layer dimension, a loft material layer overlaying the support material layer and connected thereto, the loft material composed of at least one loft material and the microfiber loft material layer having a height HL and an outwardly facing...