ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,451, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DryBoat South LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Method and apparatus for treating structural moisture in boats" was invented by Scott Richmond (Comstock Park, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing internal moisture which tends to collect in the hulls, deck, stringers, transoms, bulkheads, spars, and other boat structures. Air injection bores are formed in the core or other boat structure in the vicinity of unwanted moisture. Pressurized injection air is injected into the bores through a plurality of air injection lines running from a source of pressurized injection air. The tempe...