ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,267, issued on May 19.
"Pressurized livewell system and method" was invented by Thomas Hancock (Summerville, S.C.) and Jeff Hudson (Summerville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressurized livewell system is designed to autonomously maintain a slightly elevated water pressure within the livewell tank, and to keep the tank substantially full of water at all times to prevent injury or death of live bait due to sloshing of water within the tank when the boat is in rough water. The system includes a tank with a lid, a water pressure sensor connected to an electronic controller programmed with an algorithm, which controls voltage to ...