ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,921, issued on April 1, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Marine vessels having a modifiable wake and devices for modifying a wake of a marine vessel" was invented by Matthew C. Pienta (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for modifying a wake of a marine vessel having a hull. The hull extends between a bow and a transom in a longitudinal direction and between sides in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The sides each extend between a top and a bottom in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the lateral direction. A panel...