ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,017, issued on April 21, was assigned to ROSWELL CANADA INC. (Acheson, Canada).
"Self-coiling apparatus" was invented by Darrick J. Wilson (Edmonton, Canada) and Matt Lane (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including: a Bimini assembly (100) with a fixed portion (104) and a retractable portion (106); a coil spring (110) secured to the retractable portion and configured to urge the retractable portion to coil when the coil spring is not in a fully extended position; and a stabilizing feature configured to selectively hold the retractable portion in a retractable portion fully extended position."
The paten...