US Patent Issued to BOLD PICKUP PARTS on July 21 for "Electric powered side step assembly for a vehicle" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,336, issued on July 21, was assigned to BOLD PICKUP PARTS INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Electric powered side step assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Fu Guo (Vancouver, Canada) and Yongzhi Guo (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extendable and retractable drop step positioned below a door of a vehicle to assist a person in climbing into the vehicle includes a driving linkage mechanism for moving the drop step to and from an extended position, and a telescoping lateral support arm structure having left and right swing arms respectively connected at both ends to a main support and to sides of the drop step by univers...