ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,721, issued on March 25.

"Fish attraction device including a multi-hammer thumper" was invented by David J. Standridge (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fish attraction device. The fish attraction device, in at least one aspect, includes a motor, the motor having an output shaft configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The fish attraction device, in accordance with this aspect, may further include first and second cams rotationally coupled to the output shaft about the rotational axis. The fish attraction device, in accordance with this aspect, may further include a first thumper configured to move...