ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,082, issued on Aug. 11.
"Apparatus for injecting manure into the ground" was invented by Eric Hoover (Oley, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for injecting liquid manure into the ground in a manner to reduce the odors associated with the use of manure as a fertilizing agent includes a plurality of injector units mounted on a transvers beam. Each injector unit includes an opener disk to form a trench in the ground and a distribution pipe oriented to place liquid manure into the opened trench. Most injector units also include a containment disk that displaces soil on the ground from the formation of the trench by the adja...