ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,671, issued on July 8.
"Aerial waterfowl decoy" was invented by Sean Campbell (Jamaica, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aerial waterfowl decoy may include a drone, a plurality of floats, and a remote control unit. The drone may be a tricopter unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone may be adapted to resemble a waterfowl such that the drone may be used as a decoy proximate to hunted waterfowl. The remote control unit may be adapted for a user to operate in order to control the flight of the drone. The remote control unit may display video sent from a camera within the drone. A sound transducer in the drone may be configured to play ...