ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,958, issued on Nov. 3.
"Station keeping decoys" was invented by Tim Wells (Canton, Ill.) and Guy Letourneau (Cave Creek, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A station keeping waterfowl system includes at least one self propelled station keeping waterfowl decoy and a homing buoy each having water resistant housings, with at least a portion of the decoy housing having a form of a waterfowl. The decoy and buoy each include batteries, microprocessors, and power switches. The decoy includes a motor driven propeller, a motor driven rudder, and a receiving array of antennae for radio direction finding and radio ranging to the buoy. The rece...