US Patent Issued to Duck Rigger on Oct. 27 for "Bird decoy operating system" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,974, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Duck Rigger LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Bird decoy operating system" was invented by John Williamson Kittredge Jr. (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for securing a jerk rig beneath a surface of a body of water includes a helical anchoring member configured to engage with an area of ground when rotated. The apparatus further includes a halyard support portion including an elongated shaft connected to (and extending upwards from) the helical anchoring member, the halyard support portion supporting one or more halyard systems. Each halyard system includes upper and lower p...