ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,032, issued on April 21.

"Portable one-person hanging blind" was invented by Delaney Lewis (Downsville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable, one-person hanging blind comprising a tree support for attachment to a portion of a tree, an upper portion supported by the tree support, a chair suspended beneath the upper portion, and a camouflage shroud for concealing a user seated on the chair, the blind being convertible between a disassembled, compact configuration and an assembled, extended configuration, and wherein the blind is roughly cylindrical and sized to accommodate a single user, and wherein the blind is configured an...