US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on June 23 for "Coupler for attaching an accessory to a boat rail" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,217, issued on June 23, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Coupler for attaching an accessory to a boat rail" was invented by Bradley R. Fishburn (Syracuse, Ind.) and Blair A. Donat (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Couplers for attachment to a protrusion extending outward from a portion of a boat is provided. The coupler may comprise a base having an opening adapted to receive the protrusion, the base having a locked position and an unlocked position. The base being translatable along a first direction between the unlocked position and the locked position. The coupler may further comprise a retaine...