ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,722, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sonny's HFI Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Products, systems and methods for distribution of fluids and mixed chemicals" 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 fluid delivery manifold for use with a fluid delivery system includes a fluid passageway and at least one integrated valve, each with a plunger housing having an air chamber. The air chamber and the fluid passageway are non-fluidly coupled relative to each other. A valve plunger in the plunger housing blocks a valve orifice ...