ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,891, issued on May 20, was assigned to Expedite International (Baldwin, Wis.).
"Spinning wing decoy technology" was invented by Tim Noe (Baldwin, Wis.) and Bret Ayers (Baldwin, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, apparatus and method for controlling the stoppage of a spinning wing of a migratory bird decoy. When power is turned off by a remote controller, a photo eye sensor system identifies when a motor shaft needs to stop spinning so that the dark side of a wing stops facing upward. When the motor shaft is in a correct location, a wing shaft control cylinder is engaged, which locks the motor shaft/wing in the correct posi...