ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,851, issued on May 27, was assigned to T-H Marine Supplies LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Watercraft battery switch system with visual indicator" was invented by John Logan Nelson (Fort Myers, Fla.), Chris Drahman (Huntsville, Ala.), Eric Griggs (Huntsville, Ala.), Kelvin Campbell (Huntsville, Ala.), Scott David Spetich (Fort Myers, Fla.) and Corey Richard Williams (Madison, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft battery switch system with visual indicator may have a multi-position, physical rotary switch with integrated LED lighting to visually indicate to a watercraft user information about the watercraft's batteries. In an emb...