ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,115, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FNA GROUP INC. (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.).

"Fluid filling system" was invented by Chris Alexander (Park Ridge, Ill.), Richard J. Gilpatrick (Burlington, Wis.), Robert E. Dowd (Oconomowoc, Wis.) and Shawn M. Mulkins (Zion, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for transferring fluid between a container and a reservoir. In an embodiment, a system may include a container having an interior volume configured to hold a volume of fluid. An adapter may be associated with the container for providing fluid communication with the volume of fluid. A receiver may be configured to...