ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,912, issued on Nov. 4.
"Mechanical soil conditioner system" was invented by Nicholas Arthur Latham (Lebanon, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soil conditioner system includes a bit body. A first buffer bit and a second buffer bit may be mounted in a back-to-back configuration on the bit body. The first buffer bit and the second buffer bit may be mounted in respective recesses formed in the bit body on opposite sides of the bit body. The bit body includes a mounting surface at a second end of the bit body that is used to rigidly couple the bit body with a horizontally rotatable member such that the bit body extends transversely aw...