ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,479, issued on March 17, was assigned to AOB Products Co. (Columbia, Mo.).

"Vehicle mounted spreader" was invented by Seth Wheeler (Columbia, Mo.), Ryan Varnum (Columbia, Mo.), Timothy S. Kinney (Warrenton, Mo.), James Tanyon (Moberly, Mo.) and Aaron Wood (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle mounted spreader and components thereof. The material spreader includes a mount and a spreader assembly. The mount is mountable to a vehicle such as an ATV, UTV, truck, and/or the like. The spreader assembly is mountable to the mount thereon. A user may change the speed at which material is dispersed from the spreader assembly...