US Patent Issued to MasterCraft Boat on March 18 for "Boats, methods, and devices used to generate a desired wake" (Tennessee, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,222, issued on March 18, was assigned to MasterCraft Boat Co. LLC (Vonore, Tenn.).

"Boats, methods, and devices used to generate a desired wake" was invented by Michael J. Uggeri (Knoxville, Tenn.), David F. Ekern (Knoxville, Tenn.), Colin J. Schweigert (Whitehall, Mich.), Chad A. Lynema (Knoxville, Tenn.), Zach C. Gordon (Vonore, Tenn.), Zachary A. Dedmon (Friendsville, Tenn.) and Maggie K. Dutmers (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boat includes a propulsion device and a surf device. The propulsion device is configured to move the boat in a forward direction through a body of water to generate a wake having a port-...