ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,877, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bazooka-Farmstar LLC (Washington, Iowa).
"Liquid manure agitation" was invented by Phillip David Minino (Washington, Iowa), John William Green (Brighton, Iowa), Jason Bruce Albright (Wellman, Iowa), Jeremy Dean Vittetoe (Washington, Iowa) and Jeffery William Huber (Washington, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example fluid moving device for manure agitation in a pit located beneath a confinement building can include: a boom extending vertically into a pump-out wall of the pit; and a mechanism for extending horizontally into a main chamber of the pit to provide agitation. In some example...