US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Oct. 20 for "Fluid delivery assembly for a spray gun" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,534, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fluid delivery assembly for a spray gun" was invented by Stephen C.P. Joseph (Woodbury, Minn.) and Anna M. Hegdahl (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to a container (20) for holding paint. The container comprises at least two fluid ports (23, 40). The container has a body that is shape self supporting and is a non-rigid construction. At least one fluid port is a separate part (40) from the body of the container."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2018, under Application No. 16/630,558.

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