ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,877, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dalen Products Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Scarecrow mount" was invented by William M. Draeger (Sevierville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scarecrow mount for mounting a scarecrow to a first support, the scarecrow having a hollow base with an aperture formed on a bottom of the hollow base. The scarecrow mount includes a first rigid leg of unitary construction and mountable to an upper surface of the first support and having a scarecrow holder formed thereon and configured for installation to the scarecrow through the aperture on the bottom of the scarecrow to engage the bottom of the sca...