US Patent Issued to Brunswick on July 15 for "Convertible seating for marine vessels" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,097, issued on July 15, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Convertible seating for marine vessels" was invented by Noah S. Esham (Edgewater, Fla.), Kristin M. McGinnis (Cocoa Beach, Fla.) and Spencer DeWitt Traynom (Port Orange, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible seat for a marine vessel includes a seat base having a seat bottom and a seat back which extends transversely upwardly relative to the seat bottom, a back supporting cushion for an occupant seated on the seat bottom, a table coupled to the back supporting cushion, and a pivot mechanism which couples the table to the seat back, the pivot mechanis...