ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,940, issued on Oct. 27.
"Rotating planter apparatus" was invented by James Hamilton (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Nancy Hamilton (Steamboat Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating planter apparatus being a vertical planter that is disposed upon a resting surface utilizing a light source, the rotating planter including a first surrounding sidewall, a second surrounding sidewall, and an annular buoyant element that includes a submerged side and an opposing top side, wherein the submerged side is disposed within the second surrounding sidewall that has a circulating fluid to rotate the buoyant element from a pump in th...