US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on July 14 for "Enclosure system for a pontoon boat" (Indiana, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,505, issued on July 14, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Enclosure system for a pontoon boat" was invented by Benoit J. Renaud (Elkhart, Ind.), Brian M. Rupp (Goshen, Ind.), Walter B. Ross (Middlebury, Ind.) and Richard Smith (Medina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pontoon boat with a fencing defining the passenger region on a deck of the pontoon boat. The fencing comprising a plurality of fencing sections, each fencing section comprising a fencing framework and paneling secured to the fencing framework. The system may include detachable rail caps and/or rail attachments that hold the skin against the...