ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,996, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to J. WAGNER GmbH (Markdorf, Germany).

"Spraying device and portable power tool system" was invented by Thomas Jeltsch (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Jens Ulbrich (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Steffen Schneider (Meckenbeuren, Germany) and Tino Ritter (Bermatingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spraying device includes a tool body, a handle, and an energy store. The tool body is carried by way of the handle and one end of the handle, on the opposite side to the tool body, includes a coupling for mechanically and electrically coupling an energy store. A cage is connected to the coupling incorp...