ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,590, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HO SPORTS COMPANY LLC (Snoqualmie, Wash.).
"Foldable fin for watersport equipment" was invented by Thomas M. Curtin (Snoqualmie, Wash.), Gregg A. Vukelic (Issaquah, Wash.) and Scott M. Stephan (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is generally directed to a fin assembly for watersport equipment, a watersport system including thereof, and a method of using thereof. In various embodiments, the fin assembly includes a support base and a foldable fin. The support base may be configured to attach the fin assembly to a surface of the watersport equipment. The foldable fin m...