ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,785, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Technifex Products LLC (Valencia, Calif.).
"Apparatus for producing reconfigurable walls of water" was invented by Montgomery C. Lunde (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Leonard M. Aboulache (Valencia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an apparatus for producing a water maze from walls of falling water droplets. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of tubular spray bars each perforated with a water inlet for receiving pressurized water. A series of output holes may extend along a length of each spray bar through which the received water is discharged to produce the droplets. ...