US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Gunnel guard and workspace" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,006, issued on Sept. 29.

"Gunnel guard and workspace" was invented by Lane Ehigh (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for protecting the gunnel of a boat are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a planar platform and a first panel attached to, or formed with, the planar platform. The first panel may extend perpendicularly away from the planar platform. The apparatus additionally may include a second panel attached to, or formed with, the planar platform. The second panel may extend perpendicularly away from the planar platform and may be parallel to the first panel. The first and second pa...