ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,969, issued on Sept. 8.
"Hydrofoil sled for payload transport" was invented by Ralph David Hooper (Lemon Grove, Calif.), William Abbot Chambers (Jamul, Calif.), Christopher Zirkle (Oceanside, Calif.), Taylor Doolittle (San Diego), Karl Anders Lindman (Chula Vista, Calif.), Joshua James Erick (San Diego), Jeffrey Towns Gilchrist (Cardiff, Calif.), Kelly Krueger (La Mesa, Calif.) and Nigel Holman (San Marcos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multiple embodiments of the present invention involve a watercraft payload carrying system for which a payload can be carried and moved in a liquid such as water. The system includes a hyd...