ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,286, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ideal LLC (Asheville, N.C.).
"Inflatable oar frame for a watercraft" was invented by William Lucas Hopkins (Asheville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable oar frame and methods of making and using an inflatable oar frame adapted to removably mount over a watercraft interior, wherein oar towers can couple to the inflatable oar frame to provide an interface between the oars and the watercraft."
The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2025, under Application No. 19/029,048.
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