ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,292, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Wagner Spray Tech Corp (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Robotic spray head and control system" was invented by Brian Lee Fideler (Jordan, Minn.) and Sebastian Mangold (Salem, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spraying system includes a spray head having a spray tip, a valve actuatable between a closed position that restricts fluid flow to the spray tip and an open position that allows fluid flow to the spray tip, a first valve actuating mechanism operably coupled to the valve and manually actuatable by a user to actuate the valve to the open position, and a second valve actuating mechanism operably...