US Patent Issued to GROTE Industries on Dec. 2 for "Disposable pad for indoor and outdoor garbage cans, recyclables cans, compost bins, and other containers" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,106, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GROTE Industries LLC (Oneida, Wis.).

"Disposable pad for indoor and outdoor garbage cans, recyclables cans, compost bins, and other containers" was invented by Keith R. Boye (Oneida, Wis.), Jared Miller (Deforest, Wis.) and Robert Godfrey (Monona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for sanitizing, cleaning, and deodorizing a container such as a garbage can. The sanitization product can include a disposable pad covered in a solution that is inserted into indoor or outdoor garbage cans. The solution may be configured to minimize and prevent the spread of bacteria and other germ...