ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,061, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to YOUNGER TIME PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Inflatable paddle board and thermal bonding method thereof" was invented by Zhongwen Xu (Rongcheng City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable paddle board includes a main body having a head portion and a peripheral enclosing strip which is thermally bonded with the main body to form an inflation chamber, wherein a length of a top head layer is smaller than a length of a bottom head layer, so as to cause the inflatable paddle board to form a raised head when the inflation chamber is inflated."

The patent was filed on May 9, 2025, under Applicat...