ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,013, issued on Aug. 4.

"Single-baseboard vehicle" was invented by David Jerome Martin (Sainte Soulle, France), Christophe Landreaud (Les Essards, France), Michel Lepetit (Saint Pierre d'Amilly, France), Olivier Sanson (La Rochelle, France), Alexandre Bernard (Chatelaillon-plage, France) and Fabien Bondu (Rochefort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-baseboard vehicle (10) that includes a first row (18) of seats (16), a second row (20) of seats (16), cables (36) extending between the lateral feet (28) of the seats (16), first baseboards (40), each first baseboard (40) extending between the lateral feet (28) of two of the se...