ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,237, issued on Aug. 25.

"Portable and refillable paint system" was invented by George Kariotis (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable and refillable system comprising a paint device and a paint bucket is described. The paint device comprises a ramp wall having a plurality of teeth staggered thereon, a space defined by the ramp wall, a back wall, and side walls for accommodating paint therein, and a paint hose configured to enable flow of the paint into the space of the paint device. The paint bucket comprises a container portion configured to store paint therein, the container portion comprising a funnel-shaped...