ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,092, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Stout Manufacturing LLC (Halton City, Texas).

"Vehicle-mounted fluid tanks and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by James Chase Fender (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-mounted tank with an inner volume for storing liquid. The tank includes a tank base cut from sheet metal and bent to form a tank back wall and tank base wall substantially perpendicular with each other, a first tank side wall, and a second tank side. Where the tank base has a generally L-shaped cross-section. The tank includes a tank cover cut from sheet metal and bent to have a shape co...