US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture on Oct. 28 for "Hand carried enhanced soil penetrometer system" (Montana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,272, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Hand carried enhanced soil penetrometer system" was invented by William M. Iversen (Sidney, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hand carried enhanced penetrometer includes an electrical linear actuator system to advance a soil penetration rod into a test site soil during a penetrometer test. The penetrometer also includes a base plate system that uses an operator's static body weight to anchor the penetrometer to a test site surface during a penetrometer test. In operation, an operator places at lea...