US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Snag-free inserts for inflatable boats" (Washington, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,790, issued on Oct. 7.

"Snag-free inserts for inflatable boats" was invented by Michael Richard Batcheller Jr. (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Martin Scott Sheppard (Maupin, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed toward an insert for an inflatable boat having a hull and an inflatable peripheral tube that define a boat cockpit. The insert has a rigid floor and a rigid peripheral sidewall that define an insert cockpit. The insert is configured to register with the boat cockpit while the floor of the insert covers most of the upper surface of the hull and while the peripheral sidewall of the insert covers most of the...