ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,921, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Nyren LLC (St. Cloud, Minn.).
"Pontoon kicker motor mount" was invented by Gary Nyren (St. Augusta, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments, the kicker mount system comprises a deck mount unit connected to a kicker motor receiving unit, both cantilevered off of the stern end of pontoon boat deck. The deck having a horizontal deck pad and trim rail about the deck pad. The kicker mount system attaches exclusively to the deck on the deck pad and on the trim rail without any additional support structure securing the kicker mount system to the pontoon boat. The kicker motor receiving un...