ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,880, issued on April 21.
"Bug-removal vacuum machine" was invented by Buck Tugel (King City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum machine has a flat deck, a first side wall extending downward from a first side edge and a second side wall extending downward from a second side edge, an opening through the deck with a length and a width, a plenum affixed to an upper surface of the deck enclosing the opening through the deck, a fan assembly joined to the plenum, a fan driven by a motor, a perforated panel in a hood structure joined to the fan housing at an upper flange, and a grasshopper shroud having first and second side pan...