ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,299, issued on Dec. 23.
"Barrel with access mechanism" was invented by David Becraft (Romney, W.va.) and Lisa Becraft (Romney, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrel with access mechanism is a device by which bulk products and materials are more easily accessed and removed from large drum containers. The device provides the drum with an inner plastic liner. The liner would be made available in two formats. The first, used with liquids, fine powders and the like, would be made of an accordion like side material that collapses upon itself. The second version, used for larger bulk materials, would consist of two overlapping side ...