ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,093, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Huntwise Inc. (Monroe, La.).
"Animal decoys and methods for using same" was invented by Terry Denmon (Monroe, La.), Charles L. Smart (Monroe, La.) and Bradley Smith (Monroe, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are animal decoys for hunting, birdwatching, photographing, and other outdoor activities. In a specific embodiment, the animal decoy includes: a hinge; a housing unit, where the housing unit includes a head section, a tail section, and an interior space; an electric motor; a switch, where the switch is operative connected to the electric motor; an electric motor housing; a...