ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,092, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Icon Outdoors LLC (Olive Branch, Miss.).

"Boat hunting blind including a spring-loaded auto-leveling leg with dual action top" was invented by Tate Wood (Olive Branch, Miss.), Bobby L. Windham Jr. (Olive Branch, Miss.) and James L. Spence (Olive Branch, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boat hunting blind includes a skirt frame, a skirt panel carried on the skirt frame, and a blind top frame. The blind top frame includes (a) a first support post and a second support post attached to and projecting from the skirt frame, (b) a first top panel support pivotally mounted to the first support po...