ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,942, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LIF (LAB) (Marseilles, France).

"Device for removable attachment of an accessory to a vehicle" was invented by Charlotte Lepage (Marseilles, France), Jean-Baptiste Barbaroux (Marseilles, France), Mathieu Lanz (Marseilles, France) and Emilien Pothet (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this disclosure relate to a device for removable attachment of an accessory to a vehicle, comprising one plate intended to be rigidly connected to the vehicle and another plate to which the accessory is intended to be rigidly connected, one of the plates, referred to as the female plat...