ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,999, issued on July 15.
"Basket for use with a washing system for the cleaning of crustacea" was invented by Tim McDonald (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basket for use in a crustacea washing system has a wall and the bottom that defines an interior volume. The wall has a plurality of openings formed therethrough. Each of the plurality of openings open to the interior volume. The wall of the basket has an indentation formed at an outer diameter thereof. The indentation is adapted to removably extend over a water-delivery pipe of the washing system. The wall of the basket is slightly tapered so as to have a wide...