US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on March 24 for "Spray gun and components for spraying paints and other coatings" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,001, issued on March 24, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Spray gun and components for spraying paints and other coatings" was invented by Justin G. Johnston (Rogers, Minn.) and Steve J. Wrobel (Rogers, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray gun includes a valve cartridge configured to be axially installed and removed as a single piece. The valve cartridge includes the wear components of the spray gun. A trigger of the spray gun is configured to actuate a slider of the valve cartridge to control spraying by the spray gun. The trigger can slide between a spray position, where the trigger prevents forward axi...