ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,827, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Geir Kroken (Nordfjordeid, Norway).
"Fish cage device comprising spherical fish cage" was invented by Geir Kroken (Nordfjordeid, Norway) and Elias N. Kroken (Nordfjordeid, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed, spherical cage device suitable for farming fish in a position floating in water has a pattern of polygons divided along boundary lines, the boundary lines having tubular elements which together form a spherical skeleton. A plurality of panes are covered by at least one layer of seine net, netting, or the like, the tubular members containing at least one inflatable buoyancy membe...