ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,102, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lifetime Products Inc. (Clearfield, Utah).
"Molded-in boat grip" was invented by Samuel S. Robbins (Jefferson City, Tenn.) and Dennis Jay Norman (Syracuse, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a method includes positioning, within a mold, a device with a movable element that defines a portion of a volume, and the volume is contained within the mold, as part of a molding process, at least partly defining a molded watercraft by introducing plastic into the mold, disposing the plastic about the movable element, and with the movable element, excluding the plastic from the portion o...