ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,316, issued on Jan. 20.
"Reel and magnetic hanging apparatus for hunting decoy management" was invented by Kyle Jordan (Ottawa, Kan.) and Baylee Jordan (Ottawa, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic hanging apparatus includes (1) a reel around which hunters could neatly wind a plurality of decoy cables and (2) a magnetic interface for hanging the captured hunting decoys to any metal or magnetic surface. In another aspect, the spool may define a hollow bore through which free ends of the plurality of decoy cables may be inserted and coupled together for attachment to a fastener and the magnetic interface."
The patent was fil...