ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,511, issued on July 14, was assigned to Geremarie Corp. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).
"Water sports equipment storage rack" was invented by James A. Schultz (Lake Zurich, Ill.) and Gregory G. Mackall (Lake Zurich, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water sports equipment storage rack includes a seat configured to receive a first portion of a water sport device, an engagement member configured to linearly move in outward and inward directions between extended and retracted positions and to rotatably move about a pivot axis between an open position where the engagement member is spaced from the water sport device and a closed position where ...