ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,103, issued on March 25, was assigned to Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Cypress, Calif.).
"Deck extender for watercraft" was invented by Scott Jeffery Watkins (Canton, Ga.), Erik Allen Holmen (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.), Robert Owen Brady (Sarasota, Fla.), Brian Travis Johnson (Canton, Ga.), Louis Robert Doucette (Acworth, Ga.) and Michael James Ricciardi (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deck extender for a personal watercraft can include a deck member supported in a cantilevered configuration over an edge of the deck of the personal watercraft. The deck extender can include mounting sleeves fixed to an upper deck of a per...