ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,216, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Pontoon boat having inner pontoon with stadium shape" was invented by Aaron T. Fenker (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Surinder Pal Singh (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Brian W. Miller (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pontoon boat has a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and an inner pontoon located laterally between the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon, wherein each of the port pontoon, the starboard pontoon and the inner pontoon comprises a cylindrical body portion which longitudinally extends between a forward end and a rearward end. The inner pontoon has...