ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,559, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to THYBORON SKIBSSMEDIE A/S (Thyboron, Denmark).
"Spreading device trawl door with at least four foils with edges that align on a common center point" was invented by Jacob Frumkin (Thyboron, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spreading device is provided for trawl fishing, seismic survey operations and other water activities where it is desirable to keep distance between two sides of a towed device, the spreading device having at least one section, where each section has at least four foils, in use an inner set of foils comprising at least a first forward foil and a first rearward foil and ...