US Patent Issued to Howe & Howe on April 29 for "Delivering fluid through a vehicle" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,047, issued on April 29, was assigned to Howe & Howe Inc. (Waterboro, Maine).

"Delivering fluid through a vehicle" was invented by Michael Howe (Biddeford, Maine), Zachary Edward Sawyer (Alfred, Maine) and Forrest Joel Tripp (Saco, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a body defining a front, a rear, lateral sides extending between the front and the rear. The vehicle further includes a fluid delivery system supported by the body. The fluid delivery system includes an intake manifold disposed at the rear, the intake manifold being constructed and arranged to receive fluid from at least one external fluid source, an o...