ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,563, issued on April 8, was assigned to PONTOONSTUFF INC. (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Modular pontoon seating assembly with optimized storage" was invented by James Myers (Miami), Jason Begin (Roswell, Ga.) and Karl Biewald (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular seating assembly includes a top backrest portion, a seat support structure, and a bottom seating portion. The top backrest portion includes a backrest frame, a first backrest cushion, a backrest gap, and a second backrest cushion. The seat support structure includes a pair of supports connecting the top backrest portion and the bottom seating portion to one another to fo...