ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,505, issued on April 15, was assigned to KOTO HOLDINGS Ltd. (Eden Island, Seychelles).
"Anchor monitor" was invented by Mark Tolley (Eden Island, Seychelles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (6) for monitoring an anchor (4) for a water vessel is disclosed. The device comprises an accelerometer (32) for measuring acceleration of the device to yield acceleration data, means (38) for processing the acceleration data to yield roll angle data, means (34) for processing the acceleration data to yield velocity data, and means (52, 54) for transmitting the roll angle data and the velocity data from the device to a receiver unit (13) for...