ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,176, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings LLC (Roseville, Calif.).

"Apparatus and method for initiating a command for an equipment controller" was invented by Christopher Clinton Chappell (Lincoln, Calif.), Rodney Daniel Sparks (Antelope, Calif.), Josh David Schumacher (Sacramento, Calif.) and Joseph Allen Steele III (Plumas Lake, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for initiating a command for an equipment controller. An apparatus may include a computing device configured to receive a structured data package from a primary controller; identify an equipment com...