ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,034, issued on April 21, was assigned to IKAMPER Co. LTD. (Paju-si, South Korea).

"Rooftop tent" was invented by Soon Gyu Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Suk Ha (Paju-si, South Korea) and Wan Cheol Shin (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rooftop tent. A rooftop tent according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rooftop tent main body including a tent member configured to be folded on a roof of a vehicle and stand when being unfolded toward a lateral side of the vehicle, a rotary canopy rotatably connected to the tent member, and a controller connected to the te...