US Patent Issued to Brunswick on April 15 for "Marine vessels having a modifiable wake and devices for modifying a wake of a marine vessel" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,504, issued on April 15, 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 Kevin J. Donnelly (Edgewater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for modifying a wake of a marine vessel hull. The hull extends between a bow and a transom and laterally between sides. An underside of the hull extends between the sides and between the bow and the transom. The device includes an appendage with a first panel fixed to a second panel. The appendage is configured to be movably coupled to the hull to move between a stowed position an...