ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,502, issued on May 5, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).
"Fender for watercraft" was invented by Marc-Andre L'Heureux (Bromont, Canada), Abdelkarim Meskine (Valcourt, Canada) and Mathieu Hamel-Gagnon (Sherbrooke, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fender for a watercraft having a watercraft body. The watercraft body defines an aperture. The fender has: a fender body; an anchor distinct from the fender body, the anchor being configured to be inserted in the aperture defined in the watercraft body and for selectively connecting the fender to the watercraft body; and a link distinct from the fen...