ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,257, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sonny's HFI Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"System, method, and network for controlling distribution of chemicals and fluids" was invented by Timothy Meschke (Carver, Minn.), Matthew Olsen (Bloomington, Minn.) and Rory Shanahan (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle wash assembly for distribution of fluids at a vehicle wash location includes a vehicle wash component operable to dispense fluid into a fluid line for application onto a vehicle by a downstream applicator, and an inlet or outlet of the vehicle wash component is associated with a port configured with an adjustable...