ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,790, issued on June 23.
"Manure handling system for use in barns" was invented by Christian Gosselin (Mirabel, Canada) and Alain Clavet (Mirabel, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a manure handling cart that includes a bin to collect manure and a first conveyor belt to transfer manure into the bin. The cart includes a bin to collect manure and wheels with an electric motor for propulsion. A first conveyor belt mounts to the cart to convey manure into the bin. The bin has a bottom opening and second conveyor belt to discharge manure. The first conveyor belt has four configurations: manure pickup rest...