ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,110, issued on March 25, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).
"Thruster arrangement for a boat" was invented by Bradley R. Fishburn (Nappanee, Ind.), Blair A. Donat (Elkhart, Ind.), Gabriel A. Marshall (Three Rivers, Mich.), Michael J. Fuchs (Blaine, Minn.) and Andrew C. Schmid (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed."
The patent was filed on July 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/222,071.
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