ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,493, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Moss Cos. (Sugar Mountain, N.C.).

"Device and method of manufacturing for a snow and water sport sliding device with a pneumatic core" was invented by Krista Schmidinger (Sugar Mountain, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow and water sport sliding device with a pneumatic core and method of manufacturing the device. The device includes a top layer comprising a front tip, a middle segment with a binding plate, and a back segment with an adjustable air valve. Top layer may also include a blade spring system. The device also includes a main core component layer under the top layer that co...