ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,276, issued on July 14, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Storage device for securely storing objects in a motor vehicle" was invented by Achim Kling (Neuweiler-Agenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device (10) for an interior of a motor vehicle is provided with a storage compartment (12) opened in the Z-direction for storing objects. The storage compartment (12) has a first side wall (16) located substantially in an X-Z plane. A tensioning belt (26) is arranged in the storage compartment (12) for pressing a flat device (28) against the first side wall (16) and for supporting weig...