ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,198, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/S (Esbjerg V, Denmark).
"Survival craft" was invented by Jens Nielsen (Esbjerg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A survival craft for maritime evacuation of passengers and crew members from a vessel or an offshore facility is disclosed. The survival craft has a hull, predominantly made of non-rigid inflatable tubes and one or more shells, the hull has a length, a width and a centerline, a bow and a stern. The survival craft further comprises a first pair of engine-powered propulsion means arranged at the stern on opposite sides of the centerline, and a secon...