ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,571, issued on July 29.
"Fishing trap retrieval system with release mechanism" was invented by Joel Sullivan (Porters Lake, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing trap retrieval system comprising a strong rope adapted for being connected to a fishing trap at a first end thereof. A strong rope buoy is connected to a second end of the strong rope. A mid portion of the strong rope is maintained in a collapsed form. A load sensitive release mechanism is connected to the strong rope buoy and adapted for being connected to the fishing trap. A weak rope is connected to the release mechanism at a first end thereof and to a surface b...