US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Sept. 2 for "Marine vessels and convertible windshield apparatuses for marine vessels" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,986, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Marine vessels and convertible windshield apparatuses for marine vessels" was invented by Fabrizio DeLuca (Port Orange, Fla.), John E. Barbier (Port Orange, Fla.) and Noah S. Esham (Edgewater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel has a hull with a bow, a stern, starboard and port sides, a deck on the hull, and a console located on the deck between the starboard side and the port side and between the bow and the stern. The console has a helm for the marine vessel and a console windshield which shields the helm from wind. A cover extends over the h...