ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,742, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NETAFIM LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Irrigation device having rotatable supports" was invented by Abed Masarwa (Taybi, Israel) and Erez Govrin (Kibbutz Magal, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irrigation device has a generally arc-shaped housing defining an opening through which a plant can grow when the device is placed on a ground face during use. The device further includes a plurality of stakes that can be fitted to the housing, wherein each stake can be rotated between a deployed state where the stake projects away from the housing in a position suitable for being placed into the groun...