US Patent Issued to ARB on July 7 for "Rooftop tent for mounting to a vehicle" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,337, issued on July 7, was assigned to ARB Corporation Limited (Kilsyth, Australia).

"Rooftop tent for mounting to a vehicle" was invented by Stuart Douglas Smart (Kilsyth, Australia), James Somerville King (Kilsyth, Australia), John Desmond Clark (Kilsyth, Australia) and Andrew Harry Brown (Kilsyth, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rooftop tent (10) for mounting to a vehicle (12). The rooftop tent (10) includes a base (14) configured for mounting to the vehicle (12), a cover (18) shaped to extend across the base (14), flexible walls (20) secured between the base (14) and the cover (18), at least one opening mechanism (24) con...