US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation on Sept. 1 for "Oyster cage flipping system" (Georgia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,324, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Oyster cage flipping system" was invented by John E. Pelli (Savannah, Ga.) and Robert E. Hein (Palacios, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for flipping floating oyster cages are disclosed. The system includes a support structure that when in a deployed position, the second end is submerged in water and the first end remains above water, a carriage configured to travel along the support structure and to engage with a floating cage, and a lifting device configured to move the carriage. The carriage includes a ca...