US Patent Issued to WORTHINGTON PRODUCTS on Nov. 25 for "HDPE marine boom with axial passage and chain stop" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,538, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to WORTHINGTON PRODUCTS Inc. (East Canton, Ohio).

"HDPE marine boom with axial passage and chain stop" was invented by Paul S. Meeks (East Canton, Ohio), Marc Schneider (East Canton, Ohio) and Jon Garver (East Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine boom system includes at least one HDPE marine boom with an axial passage for mounting on a chain and a chain stop. The boom includes a shell defining a cavity with watertight caps having central apertures on the ends. An axial passageway pipe is disposed longitudinally along a center axis, and extends through the apertures and beyond the e...