ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,060, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HIGDON OUTDOORS LLC (Paducah, Ky.).
"Decoy stake systems and methods" was invented by Benjamin R. Higdon (Paducah, Ky.), Zain Vanderboegh (Paducah, Ky.) and Chelsea Trammell (Paducah, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoy system can include a rod defining an axis of rotation, a bracket coupled to a lower end of the rod, a pair of legs coupled to the bracket, and a decoy supported on the rod and configured to rotate about the axis. The bracket can include side panels defining opposing planes. The rod, decoy, and the pair of legs can be configured to extend within the opposing planes. The br...