ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,840, issued on March 31, was assigned to Samson Sports LLC (Camas, Wash.).

"Electrically actuated watersports board racks and related methods" was invented by Scott David Parnell (Camas, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrically actuated watersports board racks and related methods are disclosed herein. The board racks include a board-receiving region configured to receive a watersports board and a retention structure. The retention structure is configured to be selectively actuated between a retained configuration, in which the retention structure is configured to apply a retention force to the watersports board to retain th...