ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,471, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BDE INVENTIONS LLC (Dyersville, Iowa).

"Portable and retractable off-grid turbine system" was invented by Ian Lehn (Bonita Springs, Fla.), Wesley Conway Poole (Dyersville, Iowa) and Devon Clark Register (Wellington, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for deployment of a wind turbine includes a wind turbine coupled to a first end of an extendable arm, one or more turbine blades coupled to the wind turbine, wherein the one or more turbine blades are collapsible about the turbine wind turbine, and a housing coupled to a second end of the extendable arm, wherein the wind turbine is ext...