ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,400, issued on July 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle bed latch system" was invented by Christopher L Reedy (Marysville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch mechanism for a vehicle bed, such as a dump bed on an off-road utility vehicle. The latch mechanism includes a latch bar having at least one latch for latching the bed to a vehicle frame member. A latch handle is attached to the latch bar so as to rotate to move the latch bar from a latched position to an unlatched position. The latch bar may be attached to the bed to extend along the width of the bed. The latch handle may be rotated in a rotation...