US Patent Issued to CHANTIERS DE L'ATLANTIQUE on Oct. 21 for "Sailing vessel provided with a transit part for lowering and hoisting said sail" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,099, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CHANTIERS DE L'ATLANTIQUE (France).

"Sailing vessel provided with a transit part for lowering and hoisting said sail" was invented by Nicolas Abiven (La Baule, France), Emeric Lacroix (Pornichet, France), Mael Resche (Saint Nazaire, France) and Theo Desgranges (Brevin Les Pins, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vessel is provided with a mast, sail, and halyard for hoisting the sail. The sail includes dollies configured to be movable along the mast. The mast includes a guide member, the guide dollies configured to cooperate with said guide member, wherein: the sail includes rigid panels, a...