US Patent Issued on Dec. 30 for "Method and device for finding the balance point along the transverse axis of a marine vessel" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,432, issued on Dec. 30.

"Method and device for finding the balance point along the transverse axis of a marine vessel" was invented by Joseph Keith Batten (Advance, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for finding the center of mass for a marine or similar vessel that includes a cradle seated on a fulcrum that can hold the vessel. The frame upon which the cradle is positioned is shaped to allow the front and back of the cradle to tip upwards and downwards much like a seesaw depending on how the vessel is balanced in the cradle. The device can be used to locate the center of mass or gravity of a vessel or to determine the posi...