ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,306, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Spray gun converter" was invented by Brian E. Duncan (Shoreview, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a spray gun converter (100) and a spray gun system that includes such converter (100) are disclosed. The spray gun converter (100) includes a body (102) having a first end (104) configured for insertion into an air passage of a spray gun (11), a second end (106) having a converter fitting (108) configured for connection to a reservoir (30), and a reservoir air passage (110) extending through the body (102) from an inlet end...