US Patent Issued to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS on May 19 for "Cleat adapter configured for connecting to a U-shaped tow eye" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,264, issued on May 19, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Cleat adapter configured for connecting to a U-shaped tow eye" was invented by Marc-Andre L'Heureux (Bromont, Canada), Abdelkarim Meskine (Valcourt, Canada), Bart Van Den Bogaard (Racine, Canada) and Austin Anton (Bromont, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleat adapter connectable to a U-shaped tow eye includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion that define an adapter body. The adapter body defines a passage to receive and capture a portion of the U-shaped tow eye. The adapter body includes: a first...