ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,480, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ALLWAVES B.V. (Ostend, Belgium).
"Wave maker" was invented by Steven Eddy Nauwelaerts (Ostend, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for making surfing waves, wherein the device has a chamber with an at least partially flexible upper wall which is anchorable at a predetermined depth below a water surface, wherein the device further comprises a plurality of actuators which are connected to the at least partially flexible upper wall in order to induce a wave motion in the at least partially flexible upper wall of the chamber."
The patent was filed on April 14, 2022, under Application No. 1...