ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,476, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to 509 Fabrications Inc. (Post Falls, Idaho).

"Fire pit with radial vanes" was invented by Patrick Dusten Henderson (Post Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a bottom, a top including an opening, a first sidewall coupled to the top and the bottom, a second sidewall coupled to the top and the bottom, an interior defined at least in part by the bottom, the top, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall, and a central vertical axis. A first vane couples to the first sidewall, within the interior, and follows a spiral trajectory about the central vertical axis in a dire...