US Patent Issued to American Honda Motor on Aug. 4 for "Cargo shelf assembly for a vehicle" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,921, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Cargo shelf assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Roland Bonner (Marysville, Ohio), Kyle R. Harp (Cable, Ohio), Kris Lemmon (Shawnee Hills, Ohio), Edgar Martinez (Marysville, Ohio) and Colin P. Gorey (Marysville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo shelf assembly for a vehicle includes a shelf adapted to be removably engaged with the vehicle to divide at least a part of a cargo space of the vehicle. The shelf includes a plurality of retention structures to facilitate a conversion of the shelf into a table upon removal of the shelf from ...