ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,039, issued on June 17.
"Avalanche triggering apparatus" was invented by Eric Bressler (Tetonia, Idaho) and Grant Henarie (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An avalanche triggering apparatus having a tower, a detonation chamber, and gas supply lines that are configured to deliver fuel gas and oxidizer to the detonation chamber. The flow is gas is controlled remotely, and a spark plug is configured to ignite gases within the detonation chamber based on the flow of fuel gas through a flow switch that acts as a sensor. The detonation chamber has a closed, rounded top and an open bottom end that is configured to face a snow s...