ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,016, issued on Jan. 13.
"Taxidermy display unit and related method of use" was invented by Thad Eads (Urbana, Ind.) and Jason Eads (Mt. Sterling, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turkey beard display and a method of displaying a turkey beard is provided. The method can include inserting a turkey beard into a body so that connective tissue of the turkey beard that is joined with a plurality of hairs passes by a plurality of arms projecting inward toward a longitudinal axis of the body such that the connective tissue passes by the plurality of arms to thereby enter an interior compartment. The arms can penetrate into and among the...