ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,726, issued on Feb. 10.
"Decoy apparatus and method of use" was invented by Brandon Ramon Duarte (Craig, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoy apparatus includes a first panel having a first surface that simulates a front view of an animal. A second panel has a second surface that simulates a side view of the animal. The first and second panels are rotatably connected to one another so that the second panel is rotatable to between a first position and a second position. When the second panel is in the first position, the first and second surfaces face the same direction and the decoy apparatus appears to an observer to be an a...