US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Oct. 27 for "Inflatable raft with expanded weld joint" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,062, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Inflatable raft with expanded weld joint" was invented by Vinod Kumar Shivalinga (Bangalore, India), Prateek Avaragolla Renukaprasanna (Bangalore, India), Chana Kesava Reddy (Bengaluru, India) and Ryan Leach (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable raft, having: a base, a sidewall, front and back ends, first and second opposite sides; a first tubular member extending between the sides to define a first arch; and a second tubular member extending from the back end to the first tubular member at a weld joint to define a second arch, at the weld...