ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,460, issued on July 22.
"Aerial spreading device" was invented by Charles Hamilton Barfield III (Sutter Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely actuated aerial spreading device is provided. The device includes a plurality of components including a nose cone hingably and actuatably coupled to a first opening of a container, a rear door hingably and actuatably coupled to a second opening of the container, a plurality of actuators, a mounting block coupled to the container, and a housing having a plurality of operational components disposed therein. In operation, a wireless actuation signal is received by one of the plur...