ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,099, issued on March 25.
"Anchor stowage safety system" was invented by Joseph Raffaele Spatola (Middletown, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, the anchor stowage safety system may include a contactless switch having a first contact half configured to be disposed on a portion of an anchor rode and a second contact half configured to be mounted to a stationary portion of a boat at a predetermined position. In addition, the anchor stowage safety system may include where the contactless switch is configured to be in a closed position when the first contact half and the second contact half are positioned adjac...