ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,359, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to T-H Marine Supplies LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Marine pump with nozzle interface and detachable strainer base" was invented by Jonathan Arango (Ft. Myers, Fla.), Scott David Spetich (Ft. Meyers, Fla.) and John Logan Nelson (Ft. Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine pump may have a nozzle interface and a detachable strainer base. The nozzle interface may have an aperture for removably receiving a nozzle, and a detent channel defined therein. The detent channel may be configured to receive portion of a detent, which may be configured to contact the nozzle and hold the nozzle in place ...