ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,836, issued on April 7, was assigned to Reeler Enterprise LLC (Dover, N.C.).

"Remote activated animal decoy system and method" was invented by Charles Philip Everington (New Bern, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote activated moveable animal decoy system. The remote activated moveable animal decoy system may include an animal decoy; a motor; a mounting rod, configured to be coupled to the motor at a first end of the mounting rod and to the animal decoy at a second end of the mounting rod, and wherein the motor is configured to impart motion to the rod, and thereby the animal decoy, upon actuation of the motor; a power source...