ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,379, issued on Feb. 10.
"Boat lift locking apparatus" was invented by John Thomas San Giacomo Jr. (Blairstown, N.J.) and Keith Edward Lindemann (Punta Gorda, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piling-mounted boat lift locking and strengthening apparatus couples a row of pilings and a lowering/raising platform to form a rigid uni-structure. The apparatus includes a piling mounting bracket assembly (101), a turnbuckle (100) and a positioning indicator assembly (103). It provides the piling-mounted boat lift with an omni-structure that changes the inherent frequency of the assembly. The turnbuckle is designed to mitigate lateral or n...