ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,187, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD. (Richmond, Calif.).
"Wave pool" was invented by Alexander Wynne-Edwards (Victoria, Canada), Andrew Tymiak (Surrey, Canada) and Clement Ginestet (Saint Ouen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pool wave generator can include one or more chambers; and a pool area, the one or more chambers positioned on a first side of the pool area, the pool area further comprising: a first lateral side extending outwards from a first terminal end of the first side; a second lateral side extending outwards from a second terminal end of the first side, the second terminal end d...