US Patent Issued to Earthway Products on March 11 for "Particulate material dispersing apparatus with shut-off adjustment plate" (Maryland, Indiana, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,539, issued on March 11, was assigned to Earthway Products Inc. (Bristol, Ind.).

"Particulate material dispersing apparatus with shut-off adjustment plate" was invented by Jeffrey D. Kendall (Laurel, Md.), Richard Sevrey (Bristol, Ind.) and Richard H. Chapman (Camillus, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broadcast spreader and methods of using the same. One method includes dispersing particulate material using a broadcast spreader having a hopper and an impeller by placing the spreader in a first configuration where a first set of through openings proximate a bottom portion of the hopper permit the particulate material to pass th...