ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,192, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Texas Transland LLC (Wichita Falls, Texas).
"Stainless steel spray boom for aerial spraying" was invented by Calvin L. Kroes (Loveland, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to spray boom for aerial spraying comprising an elongate housing operable to be mounted to an underside of an aircraft, the elongate housing defining a hollow cavity, and a plurality of couplings positioned along at least a portion of a length of the elongate housing, wherein each of the plurality of couplings comprises a cylindrical boss that is unitary with and thermally formed from the...