ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,819, issued on March 31.
"Sissy bar device with foldable luggage rack" was invented by Husnain A. Alamdar (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Ammar Arif (Montclair, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sissy bar device is intended to provide users with a sissy bar that can be used with and without a luggage rack. In other words, the luggage rack sits flush within the sissy bar when not in use but may be deployed to 90 degrees away from the sissy bar, when a luggage holding platform is required. More specifically, the luggage rack is deployable and retractable. To accomplish this, the device includes a luggage rack that is hingedly couple...