ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,981, issued on July 29, was assigned to ABA Highpoint LLC (Yonkers, N.Y.).

"Automated car wash system, car wash conveyor system and automated car wash method" was invented by Shlomo Malki (Scarsdale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car wash vehicle conveyor system including a lower track, an upper track, and an intermediate track positioned between the lower and upper tracks. The upper track includes laterally spaced and parallel raised portions. An endless chain extends around the lower track and the intermediate track. The endless chain is connected around at least one drive sprocket so that rotation of the at least one drive...