ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,200, issued on April 29.
"Kayak and other watercraft type storage system" was invented by Donna Larkin (Cohoes, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft storage system for storing and securing one or more watercraft and other equipment used in conjunction with the watercraft. Securing of the watercraft in a storage location of the watercraft storage system, and the other equipment in a compartment associated with the storage location, is achieved, at least in part, by a moveable, e.g., rotational, arm structure associated with the storage location being in a locked position and the size of at least one dimension of the watercr...