ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,132, issued on May 13, was assigned to FK Irons Inc. (Doral, Fla.).

"Adapter device for tattoo machine" was invented by Gaston Siciliano (Doral, Fla.), Lester Perez (Doral, Fla.), Fernando Diaz (Doral, Fla.), Adriano Mendoza (Doral, Fla.), Juan Martino (Doral, Fla.) and Roberto Hernandez (Doral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter for use with a tattoo machine is disclosed. The adapter may enable a tattoo machine configured with a wireless battery pack to switch to a wired configuration by removing the wireless battery pack and replacing it with the adapter. One end of the adapter may be affixed to a portion of the tattoo ...