ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,001, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Rust-Oleum Corp. (Vernon Hills, Ill.).

"Spray nozzle apparatus" was invented by Adam Peter Morrison (Vernon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and/or methods involving a rotatable dial and a plurality of nozzles therein. The dial aligns each nozzle with a fluid supply channel. In some instances, a gear coupled to the dial has cogs and gaps between adjacent ones of the cogs along a rotational path of the gear. Certain aspects involve force feedback in which a flexible tab located in the rotational path of the gear engages with the cogs ...