ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,593, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Quickcoys Outdoor Products LLC (Sherman, Ill.).

"Motive device for waterfowl decoy deployment system" was invented by Keith Beauchamp (Macon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterfowl decoy deployment system includes a thrust device and a hub coupled to the thrust device. The waterfowl decoy deployment system also includes a plurality of arms coupled to the hub such that the plurality of arms extend radially outward from the hub. The thrust device is configured to rotate about an axis to induce a substantially circular motion to the hub and the plurality of arms."

The patent was filed o...