ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,947, issued on July 22, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Aeration rod" was invented by William Jackson (Tucson, Ariz.) and Raymond S. Lickson (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aeration assembly includes an aeration rod extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end and having a plurality of longitudinal grooves extending along the longitudinal axis from the first end at least partially to the second end around at least a portion of a circumference of the aeration rod. The aeration assembly also includes an air-activated material adjacent the aeration rod at least along the plura...