ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,133, issued on July 29, was assigned to Cobalt Boats LLC (Neodesha, Kan.).
"Deployable galley" was invented by Shane Stanley (Independence, Kan.), Michael Jason Turner (Bartlesville, Okla.), Timothy Wayne Kaiser (Independence, Kan.), Matthew Lee Welton (Sarasota, Fla.), Dillon Jack Majoros (Baltimore) and Nicolas Ballesteros Velasco (Independence, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galley unit for a watercraft. The galley unit can be stowed in a base and covered by a seat covering to provide additional seating. The galley unit can be vertically deployed out of the base and uncovered for use. The galley unit can include a refrigera...