ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,499, issued on April 15, was assigned to Pelican International Inc. (Laval, Canada).

"Watercraft" was invented by Rejean Boyer (Laval, Canada), Isabelle Dubreuil (Laval, Canada) and Jean-Thomas Girard (Bois-des-Filion, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a kayak having a battery compartment and motor mount for mounting a motor thereto. The kayak can be propelled either by a motor mounted to the motor mount or by manual paddling by a user of the kayak. The kayak may additionally have a seat mounted onto a track to allow the user to adjust their position as needed in the kayak. The k...