ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,149, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to E-Z Tech Marine Inc. (Sherbrooke, Canada).

"Foldable recliner device for boat deck" was invented by Jean-Marc Tardif (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Maxime Cinq-Mars (Drummondville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable recliner device for a boat deck has a seat section releasably securable to the boat deck and a back section hingeably mounted on the seat section, between a folded configuration with the back section generally folded against the seat section and an open configuration with the back section extending from the seat section and forming an angle therebetween larger than zero de...