ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,463, issued on Dec. 2.
"Aerator attachment" was invented by Jeremy R Mentillo (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strap-on aerator wheel comprises two or more curved pieces having metal spikes protruding outwardly from an outside surface, a first strap end fixed to a first end of a first curved piece and a second strap end fixed to a second end of a last curved piece, a linking mechanism joining each second end of a curved piece to a first end of a next curved piece not already fixed to a first or second strap end wherein when the first and second strap ends are joined, the two or more curved pieces form a circular sh...