US Patent Issued to Sheltered Wings on July 22 for "User interface for viewing optic with wind direction capture" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,953, issued on July 22, was assigned to Sheltered Wings Inc. (Barneveld, Wis.).

"User interface for viewing optic with wind direction capture" was invented by Todd Clermont (Barneveld, Wis.) and Ben Farrell (Barneveld, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface for displaying and entering a wind bearing comprises a circle or broken circle with one or more markings about its perimeter. The displayed marking or markings correspond to a relative wind direction input by a user. The displayed markings are able to update automatically as the user faces a new direction."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2023, under Application N...