ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,939, issued on June 24.
"Towable watercraft" was invented by Roland K. Bowler II (Kildeer, Ill.) and Deborah J. Nicolosi (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towable watercraft including a body member having a tow-rope hitch coupled to a front portion thereof and one or more elongated stabilizing members extending beyond an aft portion of the body member is disclosed. The stabilizing members may be coupled to the hitch or an intermediate portion retained about a circumferential portion of the body member, wherein an end portion of the one or more elongated stabilizing members having corresponding stirrups are laterally mova...