ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,939, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. (Shanghai).

"Multi-air-chamber surfboard" was invented by Shuiyong Huang (Shanghai), Qingshui Song (Shanghai) and Hongxing Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surfboard is provided, which may include a first air chamber, a second air chamber, and a partition arranged between the first air chamber and the second air chamber. The partition may comprise: a first connecting portion connected to a top wall of the first air chamber and to a top wall of the second air chamber; a second connecting portion connected to a bottom wall of the first air chambe...