ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,192, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyper Electric Marine Inc. (Huntertown, Ind.).

"Pontoon/tritoon watercraft with cross-hatched chassis" was invented by Michael D. Westrick (Huntertown, Ind.), Griff Suelzer (Coldwater, Mich.), Steven V. Werling (Hudson, Ind.), Kaleb J. Reinhart (Huntertown, Ind.) and Matthew R. Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft includes: a watercraft body; a pontoon frame system coupled with the watercraft body, the pontoon frame system including: a plurality of pontoons spaced apart from one another; and a chassis coupled with and at least partially supporting the watercraf...