ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,219, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hotwire Development LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Anchor system" was invented by Jeffrey S. Doss (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jason Swanson (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) and Joshua Wedge (Cave Creek, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor system with a bridle substrate and harness configured to attach to an anchor line. An outer bladder surrounds an inner bladder for coupling on top of the bridle substrate. Water enters the anchor system through a water inlet that feeds directly to the inner bladder and fills that first. Water then overflows from the inner bladder to the outer bladder to fill that seco...