ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,158, issued on Sept. 15.
"Waterway sensor" was invented by Gabriel Sentlinger (Bowen Island, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterway sensor includes a housing having a sidewall with a plurality of openings, and at least one sensor element disposed within the housing. The at least one sensor element senses one or more properties of a waterway. A flexible elongate support is connected between the housing and a bank of the waterway. At least one of the housing and the elongate support is designed to bias the housing toward a desired position within the waterway."
The patent was filed on April 26, 2023, under Application No. 1...