ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,556, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GSTC LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Vacuum pump and valve system for use with vacuum-retention system" was invented by Gideon P. Searle (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jamey Reed (Gilbert, Ariz.), Daniel Reed (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Robert Fulbright (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly controls the flow of air into and out of a vacuum retention system, which includes microbeads. The valve assembly is sealed and operable to tightly connect to a vacuum pump assembly. The vacuum pump assembly is able to apply negative pressure to evacuate air from the vacuum retention system through the va...