ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,638, issued on March 31.
"Motor vehicle body provided with an opening receiving an opening leaf articulated between a closed low position and an open high position" was invented by Paul Esnault (Montardon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body of a motor vehicle having a supporting structure extending between a front end and a rear end, a floor, a roof and at least one lateral flank. The lateral flank is provided with an opening defined by an embrasure and receiving a single opening leaf articulated between at least a first closed low position which occults the opening and a second open high position. The second open position...