US Patent Issued on July 15 for "Apparatus for collecting electrons from cloud bottoms and cloud tubes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,817, issued on July 15.

"Apparatus for collecting electrons from cloud bottoms and cloud tubes" was invented by Ray McLaine (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Carol McLaine (Thousands Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus for collecting electrons from cloud tubes is comprised of a conductive outer tube, a conductive inner cylinder, a first insulating base, a starting power system, a second insulating base, a plurality of insulating legs and a collection power system. The conductive inner cylinder being mounted within the conductive outer tube, and both being mounted on the insulating base. The starting power system suppl...