ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,011, issued on July 22, was assigned to SANI-MATIC INC. (Sun Prairie, Wis.).

"Slat cleaning apparatus" was invented by Justin M. Jaeck (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Andrew C. Jones (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Justin M. Marx (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Nicole L. Schoenbeck-Claas (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Tou T. Vang (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and Solo Yang (Sun Prairie, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slat cleaning apparatus is provided that includes a rack frame having a support base, a first slat guide having a first upper track, a first lower track, and a first guide step, and a second slat guide having a second upper track, a second lower track, and a second ...