ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,789, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Candela Technology AB (Lidingo, Sweden).
"Hydrofoil boat" was invented by Gustav Hasselskog (Stockholm).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention involves a boat comprising -a hull (2), -a first hydrofoil (301) fastened to the hull (2) by means of a first fastening arrangement (302), and -a second hydrofoil (601) fastened to the hull (2) by means of a second fastening arrangement (503) which is separate from the first fastening arrangement (302), -wherein the second fastening arrangement comprises a strut (503) arranged to extend at least partly downwards from the hull (2), the second hydrofoil...