US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 22 for "Retractable fender member tie down" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,581, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Retractable fender member tie down" was invented by Mario Contreras Sosa (Naucalpan, Mexico), Luis Angel Becerril Cruz (Toluca, Mexico), Enrique Emanuel Farias (Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico), Martin D. Lopez (Oakland, Mich.), Paul Jonathan Alexander Wraith (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Daniel J. Kangas (Livonia, Mich.), Brian Grover (Warren, Mich.) and Diego Santillan Gutierrez (Tizayuca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes at least one fender member supported by a vehicle and a tie down member associated with the at least one...