ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,345, issued on April 22.
"Container and method for installing an agitator in a container" was invented by Jean-Marc Peters (Eupen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for fermenting bio-degradable substances, the container comprising: a base and a wall, wherein an interior of the container is enclosed by the base and the wall; a rotatable agitator that protrudes into the interior and is supported in an upper bearing and a lower bearing in an installed position of the rotatable agitator in the container, wherein the rotatable agitator includes a shaft that is drivable by a drive, wherein at least one stirring paddle is a...