US Patent Issued on March 24 for "Jack plate" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,568, issued on March 24.

"Jack plate" was invented by Tyler B. Hull (Wilmington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jack plate with a single solid engine plate and a single solid transom plate. The transom plate features one or more sleeves integrated therein. The engine plate is connected to one or more sleeve rods that insert into the sleeves when the engine plate is lowered with respect to the transom plate. The sleeves each feature a narrow backwards facing slot through which the engine plate connects to each sleeve rods. Each sleeve rod is equipped with a linear bearing and a proprietary material that reduces friction. Only ...