Patents by Inventor Wyatt Grass

Wyatt Grass has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fish pen for open sea aquaculture
    Patent number: 11985959
    Abstract: An aquaculture pen includes an annular floatation assembly formed from a plurality of float platforms connected end to end. A weight ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a first plurality of tension members at a central portion of the float platforms. A net support ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a second plurality of tension members that are attached to the floatation assembly, for example, outboard of the first plurality of tension members. A mesh enclosure for the pen includes a main portion attached to the net support ring, a jump net portion that extends from the net support ring to engage the inboard side of the floatation assembly, and a top portion that closes an upper end of the mesh enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Innovasea Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Penner, David P. Kelly, Peter Nicholas Woskov, Harrison P. Zimmer, Jeffrey Reifsnyder, Rafael Cordero, Wyatt Grass, James Fitzgerald, Todd Vangsness, Matthew Darres
  • FISH PEN FOR OPEN SEA AQUACULTURE
    Publication number: 20210029974
    Abstract: An aquaculture pen includes an annular floatation assembly formed from a plurality of float platforms connected end to end. A weight ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a first plurality of tension members at a central portion of the float platforms. A net support ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a second plurality of tension members that are attached to the floatation assembly, for example, outboard of the first plurality of tension members. A mesh enclosure for the pen includes a main portion attached to the net support ring, a jump net portion that extends from the net support ring to engage the inboard side of the floatation assembly, and a top portion that closes an upper end of the mesh enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: InnovaSea Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Penner, David P. Kelly, Peter Nicholas Woskov, Harrison P. Zimmer, Jeffrey Reifsnyder, Rafael Cordero, Wyatt Grass, James Fitzgerald, Todd Vangsness, Matthew Darres