US Patent Issued on April 1 for "Equipment, systems and vessels, for the effective cleanup and recovery of a broad range of floating contaminants" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,922, issued on April 1.

"Equipment, systems and vessels, for the effective cleanup and recovery of a broad range of floating contaminants" was invented by Robert Marshall Campbell (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing contaminants from a body of water, may include a vessel, having contaminant cleanup and recovery equipment that may have at least one intake port capable of removing floating contaminants from the body of water to be transported to the recovery vessel. The system may further include a first towboat and a second towboat. The system may also include a first containment boom capable of being connected...