US Patent Issued to Ultralight Boatworks on Sept. 29 for "Buoyant trim tab" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,005, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ultralight Boatworks LLC (Bayou Vista, Texas).

"Buoyant trim tab" was invented by Brian Scott Little (Bayou Vista, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buoyant trim tab comprising a shell, wherein the shell comprises a top and a bottom, and an insert, wherein the insert comprises a foam section, wherein the foam section comprises a styrene acrylo nitrile foam and further wherein the foam section comprises a low-density subsection and a high-density subsection, and wherein the buoyant trim tab is capable of floating the buoyant trim tab, an actuator, and any components used to mount the buoy...