US Patent Issued to Skier's Choice on May 20 for "Wakeboat hull control systems and methods" (Idaho, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,598, issued on May 20, was assigned to Skier's Choice Inc. (Maryville, Tenn.).

"Wakeboat hull control systems and methods" was invented by Zachary Thomas Davis (Louisville, Tenn.) and Richard Lawrence Hartman (Twin Lakes, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wakeboat includes a hull; a thruster associated with the hull of the wakeboat, the thruster configured to selectively impart lateral force to the hull; an operator control in the wakeboat configured to control a parameter of the wakeboat other than the thruster; a thruster control associated with the operator control, the thruster control selectively receiving input from the op...