US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on May 12 for "Cargo management system for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,607, issued on May 12, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Cargo management system for a vehicle" was invented by James L. Benigni (Metamora, Mich.), Patrick Minjeur (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Michael Apone (Macomb, Mich.) and Owen Rauch (Howell, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo management system for a vehicle includes a base member slidably supported in a cargo zone of a vehicle. A collapsible cargo box is mounted to the base member. The collapsible cargo box includes a bottom wall, and a plurality of side walls that define a storage zone. A deployment mechanism is operatively connected to the ...