US Patent Issued to Lyft on Sept. 23 for "Micromobility electric vehicle cargo handling" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,886, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).

"Micromobility electric vehicle cargo handling" was invented by Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche (San Francisco), Peter Rex Luedtke (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Daniel Lami Goldstein (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromobility electric vehicle includes a front storage volume and a rear storage volume. The front storage volume may be defined on two sides by an angled footboard portion and a column. The rear storage volume may be defined on two sides by a curved footboard portion and a seat post. Retainers including an elastic member may be employed...