ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,920, issued on Aug. 4.

"Feed mixer and liner therefor" was invented by Bradley Douglas Jessup (Glencoe, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feed mixer and liner therefor. The feed mixer including: a container formed from two side walls, two end walls, wherein the end walls have a slope and curvature and are connected to the side walls to form an auger well, and a base connected with the side walls and end walls at a lower end thereof; and a liner configured to have a truncated conical shape that matches the slope and curvature of the end walls and fits within the auger well such that: a bottom of the liner contacts the base and ha...