ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,183, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Buffalo Bayou Partnership (Houston).
"Waterborne waste-disposal vessel" was invented by Curtis Michael Garver (Houston) and John Arthur Robinson III (Marble Falls, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterborne vessel includes a removable container having two or more wheels, one or more guiderails substantially beneath the removable container, a vacuum having a fan, and at least one winch coupled to the container via one or more of a rope, a cable, and a chain. The removable container is disposed upon a top surface of a body of the waterborne vessel. The one or more guiderails are operable...