ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,881, issued on July 29, was assigned to Autobell Car Wash LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Car wash point of sale system and manufacture" was invented by Charles A. Howard III (Charlotte, N.C.) and Stephen Phillips (Statesville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for use with a car wash is provided having wash equipment and a site module. The site module is configured to send and receive signals with the wash equipment. The system further has a gate and at least one sign comprising a graphical code. The at least one sign is provided in front of the gate, and the at least one graphical code is configured to be scanned by a customer d...