ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,889, issued on April 21, was assigned to Expedite International Inc. (Baldwin, Wis.).
"Spinning wing decoy technology" was invented by Tim Noe (Hudson, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, apparatus and method for controlling the stoppage of a spinning wing of a migratory bird decoy. When power is turned off by a remote controller a motor shaft needs to stop spinning so that the dark side of a wing stops facing upward. At least one magnet is attached to the motor shaft and a ferromagnetic magnet target is disposed off of the motor shaft, which causes the motor shaft/wing to be oriented in the correct position with the Dark ...