ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,336, issued on Sept. 1.
"Flexible waterfowl decoy system" was invented by Jacob Michael Braden (Webster, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoy deployment system includes a hub; a first decoy arm operatively connected to the hub; a second decoy arm operatively connected to the hub; and a third decoy arm operatively connected to the hub. The first and second decoy arms are configured to move from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The hub includes a first decoy arm notch and a second decoy arm notch. The first decoy arm notch is configured to engage the first decoy arm and to secure the first decoy arm in a deployed p...