ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,795, issued on June 3, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Spray gun for spraying paints and other coatings" was invented by Mark D. Shultz (Fridley, Minn.), Steven D. Becker (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Brian M. Mulgrew (St. Francis, Minn.) and Tyler F. Sterner (Champlin, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray gun includes a gun body and a handle removably connected to the gun body. A filter is disposed in the handle for filtering particulate from the spray fluid. A trigger guard is connected to the handle and gun body and includes a contour on a lower portion of the trigger guard for receiving one or more fin...