ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,751, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Tuway American Group Inc. (Troy, Mich.).

"Mop bundle with agitation features" was invented by Douglas Koester (Troy, Mich.) and Nicholas Koester (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mop strand bundle a plurality having elongated first elongated cleaning tendrils having a first surface roughness and oriented in parallel relationship to one another and connected to one another in at least one location. The mop strand bundle also includes at least one elongated second cleaning tendril and a head band. The second elongated cleaning tendril is oriented in parallel relationship to at least...