ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,971, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).
"Fishing protection structure" was invented by Jonathan Mark Frankland (Leeds, Great Britain), Ryan Lepecha (Leeds, Great Britain), Andrew Speed (Leeds, Great Britain) and Ryan Stringwell (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing protection structure includes a canopy extending to a plurality of outriggers. Each outrigger includes a leg including a hinge connection having a rotational axis. A cover is at the hinge connection. The cover includes a curve in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis. The curve has a profile substantially in the f...