ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,264, issued on July 14, was assigned to DAEHAN SOLUTION Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Assist handle for vehicle" was invented by Choong Ho Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Young-Hoon Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assist handle for a vehicle may be held by hand by mounting the assist handle on a roof panel in advance and then allowing the assist handle to be exposed to an interior by passing through a headliner when the headliner is mounted on the roof panel, thereby safely using the assist handle by firmly fixing the assist handle to a vehicle body and assembling the assist handle simply and convenientl...