US Patent Issued to Disney Enterprises on Sept. 8 for "Water harp with optical sensing of the break of flowing water streams" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,567, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Disney Enterprises Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Water harp with optical sensing of the break of flowing water streams" was invented by Lanny S. Smoot (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Robert J. Bristow (Shadow Hills, Calif.), David James Myers (Orlando, Fla.), Gary A. Powell (Alta Loma, Calif.), Charles Jacob Sedor (Orlando, Fla.), Keith Jeffrey Mazzella (Gotha, Fla.) and Steven I. Smith (Burbank, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for simulating operation of a stringed instrument using a combination of water and light steams. The system includes a nozzle configured for outputting a falling lami...