ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,629, issued on April 7, was assigned to McCaughey Enterprises Inc. (Marion, Iowa).

"Substrate texturing tool with motorized lift" was invented by Jeff McCaughey (Marion, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoothing platform; a brush frame; a brush combined to the brush frame; and an actuator attachable to the smoothing platform comprising a rod attachable to the brush frame for moving the brush frame relative to the smoothing platform between a raised position and a lowered position."

The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/978,569.

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