US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Apparatus for propelling a vessel through water by forward-facing rowing" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,760, issued on Sept. 1.

"Apparatus for propelling a vessel through water by forward-facing rowing" was invented by Arkady Feldman (Stamford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for forward-facing rowing that propels a vessel, which includes a hull having port and starboard sides extending between a stern and bow. A middle line plane extends between the stern and bow. A platform is mounted to the hull above the port and starboard sides. A first pivot pin extends upward beyond the top side of the platform at a position offset laterally from the middle line plane. A first pivot arm pivots about the first pivot ...