ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,334, issued on July 7.

"Hydraulic pump providing enhanced physical mobility" was invented by Richard Hardman (Bayfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston-driven pump apparatus configured to transfer liquid-based abrasive materials via a pressurized hydraulic medium which is capable of physical manipulation between remote material reservoirs. The apparatus exhibits a remotely tethered double-acting pump having independence from a fluidic supply source. The pump is configured to be removed from a first material reservoir and placed in communication with a second material reservoir by physical manipulation. The apparatus has ...