ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,924, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Storage container support assembly" was invented by Myeong Seok Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Bong Won Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment storage container support assembly includes a spherical inner ring coupled to a nozzle disposed at a first end of a storage container and a spherical outer ring including an inner ring hole configured to receive and support the spherical inner ring, wherein a guide groove is disposed on a first side of an inner surface of the inner ring hole i...