ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,803, issued on March 11.
"Collapsible surfboard case" was invented by Dan Van Zanten (San Marcos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible protective case for transporting or storing one or more surfboards, the protective case having a rigid, impact-resistant outer surface, a housing and a plurality of adjoining nested sections that are selectively configurable between a collapsed, fully nested position within the housing and an extended position, the protective case including a space configured to accommodate, in the extended position, the surfboard fins."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/...