US Patent Issued to Rhino on Nov. 3 for "Floating watercraft port with actuated bow stop" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,373, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rhino Inc. (Maple Lake, Minn.).

"Floating watercraft port with actuated bow stop" was invented by Richard G. Johanneck (Maple Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example provides a drive-on floating watercraft port including a transport track extending across an upper surface of the floating watercraft port from a stern end toward a bow end, the transport track to carry and guide a hull of a watercraft across the upper surface. An actuated bow stop disposed along a length of the transport track to define a bow end of the transport track, the bow stop selectively actuated back and forth...