ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,296, issued on March 3, was assigned to COMPO CLOSET LTD (Poole, Great Britain).
"Composting toilet" was invented by Richard Lewis Peter (Stafford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a composting toilet (1) including: a body (10), a solids collection chamber (3) for receiving faecal matter, and an agitator (30) for moving faecal matter within the solids collection chamber (3); the agitator (30) rotatably mounted about an axis X, and an agitator drive mechanism (40) for driving the agitator; wherein the agitator drive mechanism (40) comprises a handle (50), an extendable drive shaft (60) having...