ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,771, issued on Aug. 5.

"Pressure spray washer for cleaning gutters" was invented by Paul Del Piero (Sunrise Beach, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure spray washer for cleaning gutters has a body having a curved outer surface. The body has an internal channel opening at one end of said body, and a plurality of orifices extending through the body so as to have one end opening to the internal channel and an opposite end opening at an exterior surface of the body. The body has a connector at one end of the internal channel, which is adapted to connect with a source of a pressurized fluid."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 20...