US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Weed deflection device" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,646, issued on June 2.

"Weed deflection device" was invented by Don Ross (Chardon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a deflection device for a trolling motor assembly that deflects aquatic vegetation and other waterborne debris. The deflection device includes a deflector plate disposed on one side of a down shaft of the trolling motor and a cutting member disposed on an opposite side. The deflector plate includes a bottom edge, an oblique front edge, a rear edge, a first and second angled leg that each extend outward from the rear edge, and a top edge. The cutting member includes at least one cutting edge dispose...