ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,523, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Poly John Enterprises LLC (Whiting, Ind.).

"Heater and related control system" was invented by Martin Zeltner (Uxbridge, Canada), Michael Scot Cooper (Valparaiso, Ind.) and Arash Sheikhtaheri (Newmarket, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating and pumping system is disclosed. The system may be usable in a portable sink that includes a clean water source having incorporated therein the system with a submersible heater. The heater may include an enclosed heating element that transfers thermal energy (heat) to the water in the clean tank. A powered and/or automatic pump may be provided to ...