ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,998, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hunter Agriculture Inc. (San Marcos, Calif.).
"Serviceable sprinkler with nutating distribution plate" was invented by Gregory S. Burcham (Falkville, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler assembly with a nutating distribution plate can improve even distribution of water. The distribution plate can tilt and/or translate upon water impinging the distribution plate to disperse water in different directions. The sprinkler assembly can have a deflector assembly including the distribution plate and a spindle supported by a starter cap."
The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2023, under Applic...