ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,415, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SMR Technologies Inc. (Fenwick, W.va.).
"System and method for de-icing a communication tower" was invented by Dewayne Bowles (Sandstone, W.va.), Dakota Montgomery (Summersville, W.va.) and Thomas Swiger (Canvas, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A de-icing system and method for mitigating the accumulation of snow and ice on components of a communication tower includes a de-icing assembly attached to a component of a communications tower, and an air supply. The de-icing assembly includes a backing member, a pneumatic tube affixed to the backing member, and a fastener for affixing the backing...