ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,241, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EXEL INDUSTRIES (Epernay, France).
"Compost leachate distribution devices" was invented by George Walters (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Robert Boughton (Birmingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compost leachate distribution device includes a composting chamber for receiving material to be composted and a leachate collection chamber for collecting, via a leachate fluid path, leachate generated during composting in the composting chamber. The device has a leachate mixing arrangement a first inlet for receiving a flow of water, a mixing chamber to which the first inlet leads fo...