ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,897, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BULLFROG INTERNATIONAL, LC (Herriman, Utah).

"Systems and methods for a multi pattern spa jet" was invented by Eric Hales (Eagle Mountain, Utah), Christopher Kamerath (Herriman, Utah), Todd Anderson (Lehi, Utah) and Michael Andersen (American Fork, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to jets for spas and, more specifically, to jets that can have more than one jet hydrotherapy spray mode. The jet can include a selectively rotatable jet head, the jet head having a first jet spray mode and a second jet spray mode. The jet head includes a valve, the valve having ...