ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,779, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Radia (Plymouth, Minn.).
"Sample paint adapter" was invented by Erik John Sundine (Monticello, Minn.) and Jeffrey David Heinrichs (Waconia, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-balancing adapter for use with a mixer, the adapter having a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having a front and a back, left and right edges, a top and a bottom, and a vertical axis passing through the top and the bottom, where the front has at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body; and the adapter having at least one movabl...