ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,805, issued on June 23, was assigned to ROBUSTUS Co. LTD. (Ota, Japan).

"Liquid spreader" was invented by Tatsuro Takagaki (Ota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An herbicide spreader is capable of changing a spreading width of an herbicide. The herbicide spreader includes: a pair of upper shafts facing with a predetermined interval therebetween in a front and rear direction; a pair of side frames on left and right sides of both the upper shafts; a pair of operation handles connected to both side frames; a spray nozzle mounted to the upper shafts; wheels mounted to both side frames; and a cover sheet for covering portions of a fr...