ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,799, issued on Oct. 7.
"Folding pontoon raft frame" was invented by John Chaney (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pontoon raft frame made of mirror-image right side and left side tubular sections that are connectable to form a rectangular pontoon raft with a front opening in the raft frame for the seated user's legs to fit. Each tubular section is made of a J shaped assembly hinged to a C shaped assembly, that when connected to form the raft frame, can be placed atop of and strapped to a pair of air bladder pontoons by a set of pontoon cradles extending from the inside and outside of the J and C shaped assemblies. A fol...