US Patent Issued to Buffalo Filter on March 17 for "Method and apparatus for attachment and evacuation" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,433, issued on March 17, was assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC (Lancaster, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for attachment and evacuation" was invented by Kyrylo Shvetsov (Depew, N.Y.), Gregory Pepe (Lancaster, N.Y.), Samantha Bonano (Williamsville, N.Y.), Timothy Hersey (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Joseph P. Callahan (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are a method and apparatus for attachment and evacuation. The apparatus includes a housing having an opening, and a motor maintained within the housing, the motor operable to urge a fluid to pass through the opening. The apparatus further includes an adjustable element mainta...