ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,058, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Drive belt storage system" was invented by Antto Nieminen (Rovaniemi, Finland), Jonathan Asselin (Magog, Canada) and Cedrick Lebeau (Ulverton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive belt storage device may comprise a sub-base, wherein the sub-base comprises a containment section facing upwardly and a channel within the containment section that is recessed from a rest surface by a wall, the rest surface facing downwardly. A seat may be interconnected to the sub-base via a perimeter so that the channel is configured to frictionally...