ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,340, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Renoun LLC (Burlington, Vt.).

"Snow sliding devices and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Cyrus K. Schenck (Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow sliding device include a core, a plurality of securing elements including a base with a sliding surface, a top surface, and at least a sidewall, and one or more constituents, wherein at least a constituent of the one or more constituents transitions between a first composition at a first position and a second composition at a second position, wherein the first composition includes a first proportion of a non-Newtonian mater...