ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,916, issued on May 13, was assigned to Dryft Board LLC (Los Angeles).

"Vehicles, decks for vehicles, and rearward assemblies for vehicles" was invented by Ralph Zipper (Melbourne, Fla.), Skyler Olsen (Denver), Robert David Glashan (Taitung, Taiwan) and Nicholas Bartolotta (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles (10) comprise a forward assembly (14) and a rearward assembly (22) coupled to and extending rearward from the forward assembly (14). The rearward assembly (22) is configured to be selectively detached from and reattached to the forward assembly (14). Decks (24) for vehicles (10) comprise a forward deck region (34)...