US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 29 for "Modular bed rail system" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,981, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Modular bed rail system" was invented by Michael John Harmon (Northville, Mich.), Kendra Marie Rabineau (Berkley, Mich.), John Galin (Mill Valley, Calif.), Andrew Gombac (Detroit), Stephen Moneypenny (San Diego), Eva Ross (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Christine Zhou (Diamond Bar, Calif.) and Javor Gnjidic (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first rail extendable along a first side wall defining a cargo area and a second rail extendable along a second side wall defining a cargo area, wherein the first rail and the s...