US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Bed anchor" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,169, issued on June 30.

"Bed anchor" was invented by Brian Goldwitz (Waterbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention is a bed anchor that is used to secure items in a vehicle's bed. It is comprised of a flexible anchor that can be positioned between the bed and a tailgate. It is made of a flexible soft material. It can be a solid anchor or a bag or net filled with a soft fluid material like plastic or rubber balls or sand or packing material. A bed anchor needs to not be hard so not the scratch or dent the vehicle when being used to store items."

The patent was filed on July 8, 2025, under Application No. 19/26...