US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 24 for "Accessory attachment and locking system for connection to a base plate" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,019, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Accessory attachment and locking system for connection to a base plate" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Matthew B. Rutman (Westland, Mich.), Eric Scott Levine (Novi, Mich.), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.) and Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory attachment system includes a base plate that provides a plate attachment interface and at least one accessory including an accessory attachment interface to connect to the plate attachment interface. In one example, the accessory ...