Patent ID: 7611891

Claim:
A garden composter for decomposing organic waste, the garden composter having an outer longitudinally extending cylindrical drum for mounting to a support frame adapted to space the outer drum from a supporting surface, tumbling means for coupling the outer drum to the support frame for rotation of the outer drum relative to the support frame about an axis of rotation of the outer drum, the outer drum having at least one load opening formed in a cylindrical wall portion thereof for receiving organic waste into an outer chamber and a closure for selectively closing said load opening; a discharge opening formed in one said end wall portions and a closure cap for selectively closing said discharge opening; and a longitudinally extending cylindrical inner drum disposed inside the outer drum for rotation therewith about a common axis of rotation, the inner drum having waste inlet means in communication with the outer chamber for receiving decomposing organic waste into an inner chamber, and waste outlet means formed at one end of the inner drum for discharging decomposed waste through said discharge opening; whereby the garden composter may receive organic waste through said load opening for decomposition in said chambers, and the waste may be aged in said inner chamber to prolong its residence time before discharge from the composter.