US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Material collecting apparatus" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,248, issued on July 14.

"Material collecting apparatus" was invented by Kevin Herbert Fowler (Malvern, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments herein provide a material collecting apparatus with a height-adjustable towing cable. Some embodiments allow the front end to be weighted to increase downforce and may have a detachable bracing bar. The apparatus comprises a metal tray towable behind a vehicle enabling it to collect manure, rocks, sticks, molehills, fruits, nuts, balls etc. The adjustable height towing cable allows an effective connection point to the apparatus to be set higher than that of a towing point ...