ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,062, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FK Irons Inc. (Doral, Fla.).

"Switch for tattoo machine" was invented by Gaston Siciliano (Doral, Fla.), Christian Bonomo (Doral, Fla.), Adriano Mendoza (Doral, Fla.), Juan Martino (Doral, Fla.), Roberto Hernandez (Doral, Fla.), Omar Sanchez (Doral, Fla.) and Fernando Diaz (Doral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch or footswitch for use with a tattoo machine is disclosed. The switch or footswitch may include a housing configured to protect and house a plurality of components of the switch or footswitch. The housing may include an accelerometer that may be utilized to detect an accel...