ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,185, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).
"Weedless hydrofoil apparatuses for boats" was invented by Jimit J. Gosar (Aurora, Ill.) and Trevor George (Savoy, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boat for operation in water has a hull longitudinally extending between a bow and a stern and laterally extending between a port side and a starboard side, a hydrofoil suspended from the hull, wherein as the boat moves through the water the hydrofoil is configured to create a lifting force for lifting the hull upwardly out of water, and a weed deflector located between the hydrofoil and the bow, wherein the weed...