ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,119, issued on Dec. 9.
"Monitoring, detection and notification system of spills and leaks from tanks and tipping over of vehicles, boats and vessels" was invented by Kevin Madison (West Palm Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring, detecting reporting spills of fuel from fuel tanks of mobile vehicles, due to tipping over or an accident, includes a fuel sensor in the fuel tank for monitoring and detecting the fuel in the fuel tank, a positioning sensor for determining a location of the fuel tank, a gyroscope for determining if the fuel tank has rolled over from a stable position or has been impacted in an acc...