US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Animated waterfowl decoy" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,658, issued on Sept. 9.

"Animated waterfowl decoy" was invented by Sean Campbell (Jamaica, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The animated waterfowl decoy is configured for use with waterfowl. The animated waterfowl decoy forms a lure that visually and audibly attracts waterfowl to the location of the lure. The animated waterfowl decoy incorporates a decoy structure and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts in the decoy structure. The decoy structure generates the sentiments that visually attract the waterfowl to the animated waterfowl decoy. The control circuit generates the sentiments that audibly attract that waterfowl t...