ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,347, issued on May 20.
"Marine rail lift system" was invented by Robert Lindsay Way (Brunswick, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine rail lift has a lift deck assembly configured to receive a watercraft thereupon and move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to a parent dock. A plurality of track rails connected to the side walls of a berth of the parent dock define a movement path of the lift deck assembly between the raised position and the lowered position. A plurality of retractable track pins engage the lift deck assembly to the track rails. A lift control system is operatively engaged with the lift d...