ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,595, issued on May 20, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Watercraft cover" was invented by Erik W. Rogers (Cadillac, Mich.), Michael T. Yobe (Knoxville, Tenn.), Shawn P. Salmon (Somerset, Wis.) and Ryan A. Anderson (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cover designs for watercraft, such as pontoon boats, facilitate easy deployment and removal, as well as compact and convenient storage. The cover may be collapsed and deployed in a predetermined manner with a minimized chance of becoming twisted, bunched or otherwise disorganized. The cover may be reducible to sections which can be individually coll...