ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,558, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to White River Marine Group LLC (Springfield, Mo.).

"Support assemblies for watercrafts and related methods of assembly" was invented by James Taylor Czarnowski (Fallbrook, Calif.), Jason Christopher Kardas (Oceanside, Calif.), William John Broadway (San Clemente, Calif.), Drew William Brackett (Solana Beach, Calif.), Philip James Dow (Oceanside, Calif.), Elizabeth Catherine Sexton (San Clemente, Calif.) and Shane Michael Yellin (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watercraft includes a hull, an opening extending vertically through the hull, and a support assembly configured to mount...