ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,670, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hunter Agriculture Inc. (San Marcos, Calif.).
"Aimable sprinkler" was invented by Peter John Woytowitz (San Diego), Donald P. Simmons (Clermont, Fla.), Stephen D. Abernethy (Winter Park, Fla.), Gregory S. Burcham (Falkville, Ala.) and Rolando A. Armas (Ocala, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aimable sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler can be mounting on an end of a traveling sprinkler system that moves in a linear direction or one that rotates about a center pivot tower. The sprinkler can include a base for connecting to the traveling sprinkler system and a turret coupled to the base so...