ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,277, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).

"Systems and methods for automated washing of various vehicle types" was invented by Dheyaa Alkandari (Safat, Kuwait), Abdullah S. Al Mekhyal (Safat, Kuwait), Hanan H. Al Kandari (Safat, Kuwait), Khawla A. Alshatti (Safat, Kuwait) and Haneen S. Albawi (Safat, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for automated vehicle washing uses a spray arm having horizontal and vertical arm portions joined orthogonally to each other. The spray arm performs various cleaning operations including detergent dispensing, water rinsing and air drying, and is in fluid conn...