US Patent Issued to Robert Howard Grant on Nov. 3 for "Dandelion, weed and soil injector" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,110, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Robert Howard Grant (Warren, Conn.).

"Dandelion, weed and soil injector" was invented by Robert Howard Grant (Warren, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle injector used in the Landscape Services to inject the soil getting to the root of a plant [FIG. 1 #1] with the purpose of killing the plant with herbicide flowing through the needle and out the holes [FIG. 1 #4]. Typical weed control is done by pulling the weeds with a tool or by hand, not very effective as weeds grow back when pulled, there is always some root left behind to regrow. This invention kills the weed at the root and it die...