ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,269, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (Perthshire, Great Britain).
"Gate mechanism for a trawl net" was invented by Paul G. Fernandes (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Vivek Chacko (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Richard David Neilson (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Ahmed Elsayed Nassar (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate mechanism (20) is adapted for mounting within the extension (4) of a trawl net (1), the gate mechanism comprising a turbine (47/147/247) for powering rotation of the gate mechanism as it is dragged through the water within the trawl net."
The patent was filed on ...