ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,512, issued on May 5, was assigned to JC MARINE SYSTEMS INC..

"Trolling motor mount" was invented by John D. Oliverio (Brandon, Fla.), Nicholas A. Vicari (Tampa, Fla.) and Christopher A. Konow (Odessa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trolling motor mount to mount a trolling motor to a boat consisting of a multi-bar change point apparatus to lock the trolling motor in either a stowed position or a deployed position and a release assembly to unlock and move the multi-bar change point apparatus from either the stowed position to the deployed position or from the deployed position to the stowed position."

The patent was filed on Aug...