ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,860, issued on July 8.
"Home recycling machine" was invented by Caroline Alexandra Ewers (Germantown, Md.), Leandra Glage (Potomac, Md.) and Benjamin Knigge (Bethesda, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for recycling a plastic container includes a housing with an opening to receive the plastic container. A moving part is movably arranged within the housing on which, in a first position of the moving part, the plastic container is placed such that a first portion of the plastic container is arranged inside the housing and a second portion of the plastic container is arranged outside the housing. An ultraviolet (UV) light devic...