ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,262, issued on May 19.

"Inflatable boat with a drop stitch bottom for use with a motor" was invented by Kristofer George Varga (Surrey, Canada) and Gregory Ernest Varga (Surrey, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable boat for use with a motor having a jet intake or propeller, including: an inflatable body having a stern; a drop stitch inflatable bottom forming part of the inflatable body, the drop stitch inflatable bottom including one or more sections of high pressure drop stitch material and having a top side and bottom side; a cutout in the drop stitch inflatable bottom near the stern; and a cover covering the cutout a...