US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 24 for "Fluid delivery assembly for a spray gun" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,698, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fluid delivery assembly for a spray gun" was invented by Anna M. Hegdahl (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Stephen C.P. Joseph (Woodbury, Minn.), Alexander T. Ebertowski (St. Paul, Minn.), John W. Henderson (St. Paul, Minn.), Steven J. Tarnowski (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Scott D. Gullicks (Woodbury, Minn.) and Elaine M. Yorkgitis (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fluid delivery assembly for a spray gun, the assembly comprising a container for holding paint. The container is self-supporting and configured to collapse as fl...