ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,341, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Seating assembly for a watercraft and watercraft having same" was invented by Felix Dupuis (Windsor, Canada), Philippe Marcoux (Sherbrooke, Canada), Alexandre Lecointre (Orford, Canada), Ghyslain Beland (Granby, Canada), Simon Laurin (Boucherville, Canada), Vincent Froidevaux (Saint Priest, France) and Hugo Martin (Knowlton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating assembly for a watercraft is provided. The watercraft has a deck including deck attachment features provided on an upper surface of the deck. The seating assembly incl...