ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,351, issued on May 5, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Tether cover structure" was invented by Jake Prusakiewicz (Novi, Mich.) and Darin Dalton (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tether cover structure has a trim panel, a tether bracket and a cover. The trim panel defines an opening with a lower portion being defined along an upright portion of the trim panel. An upper portion of the opening is defined along an upper horizontal ledge of the trim panel. The tether bracket has a lower portion that is attached to an upright panel and is aligned with the lower portion of the opening of th...