US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Programmable waterfowl decoy and method therefor" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,430, issued on May 12.

"Programmable waterfowl decoy and method therefor" was invented by Fletcher Flowers (Yemassee, S.C.) and Andrew Godowns (Yemassee, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable waterfowl decoy includes a waterfowl-shaped body, a propulsion assembly, and a programmable control system. The waterfowl-shaped body includes buoyant material. The propulsion assembly is mounted at a bottom portion of the waterfowl-shaped body and designed to propel the waterfowl decoy through water. The programmable control system is positioned in the waterfowl-shaped body and is operatively connected to the propulsion assembly to ...