ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,142, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Hale Products Inc. (Ocala, Fla.).

"Fire-fighting system" was invented by Jason Cerrano (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) and Michael A. Laskaris (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire-fighting system includes a fluid monitor that includes a fluid outlet and is selectively moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The system further includes a controller configured to receive a request to direct a fluid flow from the fluid monitor towards a desired target area, determine whether the fluid monitor is in a proper position to direct the fluid flow toward the target a...