ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,725, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NORTHWEST INSTRUMENT INC. (Dover, N.J.).

"Painting assembly for distance measuring wheel" was invented by Xin Shi (Shanghai), Kui Liu (Shanghai) and David Xing (Dover, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A painting assembly for a distance measuring wheel includes: a main body; a connecting device disposed on the main body and configured to connect the paining assembly to an arm member of the distance measuring wheel; a paint can fixing device disposed on the main body and configured to fix a paint can installed to the painting assembly; a communication device configured to receive a control signa...