US Patent Issued to Thule Sweden on June 17 for "Folding watercraft carrier with outboard handle" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,546, issued on June 17, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).

"Folding watercraft carrier with outboard handle" was invented by Joseph Flaherty (Prospect, Conn.) and Jennifer Romans (Fairfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft carrier includes a base, a hub, an upright, and an actuator. The base includes an outboard end, a distal end, and an upper surface. The hub is disposed at the distal end of the base. The upright is coupled to the hub and configured to rotate with respect to the base. The actuator is configured to release the upright from a locked configuration such that the upright can rotate f...