ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,795, issued on Sept. 30.
"Oil spill clean-up and recovery systems for marine vessels" was invented by Robert Marshall Campbell (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil spill clean-up and recovery system for marine vessels, which includes a pivoting and height adjustable boom extending from the vessels, which has upper and lower frameworks that are generally parallel. This includes an oil containment panel which is vertically oriented, movable, and generally laterally secured between the frameworks. A plurality of floats are secured to the oil containment panel and maintain it about the surface of a body of water for containing o...