US Patent Issued to Oak Ridge Innovation on Aug. 4 for "Blind for attachment to a bow" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,945, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Oak Ridge Innovation LLC (Kitts Hill, Ohio).

"Blind for attachment to a bow" was invented by William Shannon Carpenter (Kitts Hill, Ohio), Steven Andrew Sauer (Columbus, Ohio) and Jeffrey David Myers (Upper Arlington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a bow blind designed for connection to an archery bow, comprising a fan portion and a mounting bracket affixed to the fan portion. The mounting bracket is capable of being securely attached to the archery bow, while the fan portion is structured to move radially between a retracted state and an unfurled state. This ...