US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 15 for "Accessory pods for marine vessels" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,161, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Accessory pods for marine vessels" was invented by Corey L. Bruno (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Daniel J. Guse (West Bend, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory pod for securing a marine accessory to a hull of a marine vessel includes a pod body configured to be coupled to the hull of the marine vessel and a mounting member on the pod body, the mounting member being configured to support the marine accessory on the pod body. The pod body is positively buoyant in water to support the marine accessory in the water relative to the marine vessel."

The paten...