US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 25 for "Complex soil rotational penetrometer device" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,186, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Complex soil rotational penetrometer device" was invented by Trina L. Merrick (Stevensville, Md.), Andrei Abelev (McLean, Va.) and Michael S. Vermillion (Crofton, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a head having an obverse side and a reverse side. The apparatus includes a vertical load cell detachably connected to the obverse side. The vertical load cell in operation measures a plurality of vertical loads at a respective plurality of ground depths. The apparatus i...