ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,479, issued on March 17, was assigned to Axxiom Manufacturing Inc. (Fresno, Texas).

"Apparatus, methods, and systems for abrasive blasting" was invented by Phuong Taylor Nguyen (Richmond, Texas) and Jeffrey Wayne Hummel (Alvin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier assembly for holding a hose that includes a main body having a first portion movingly engaged with a second portion. There is a guide rail disposed on at least one of the first portion, and the second portion. Either the first portion or the second portion is configured with a gripper element, and a latch."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2022, under Application...