ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,549, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PERDUE FOODS LLC.

"Horizontal feed storage system" was invented by Raymond Paul Greive (Murrieta, Calif.), Jeffrey Lane McDaniel (Murrieta, Calif.) and Daniel J. Coady (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontal feed storage system may comprise an elongated feed container having a length and a width, wherein the length is at least ten times greater than the width. The elongated feed container may have a fill opening through which the feed is deposited into the elongated feed container and a feed removal opening through which feed is removed from the elongated feed container. The...