ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,273, issued on July 8, was assigned to XTREME MARINE Corp. (Knoxville, Tenn.).
"Tower with electric actuators" was invented by William C. Hill (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Benjamin Girard Harder (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable watersports tower for a boat includes a pair of legs pivotally mounted to the boat, each leg having an electronic leg actuator operable to pivot the leg between an upright orientation and a lower orientation; a cross-piece extending between the legs; a roof mount pivotally mounted to the legs; a roof mounted to the roof mount; and a roof frame actuator connected between portions of the cros...