ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,835, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to H.Y.O. Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).
"Brine delivery apparatus and method" was invented by Jack L. Kime (Columbus, Ohio) and James A. Kime (Mt. Sterling, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material calculator for a truck to deliver a predetermined quantity of brine per mile driven by the truck for a known route of miles independent of and proportional to truck speed, wherein the truck carries a known number of gallons of brine and a known number of pounds of salt. The material calculator has a processor accepting entry values of route miles to be driven, number of times the route of miles is to be ...