ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,363, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NuWhirl Systems Corp (Corona, Calif.).
"Deployable handle devices" was invented by Jeff Harlan (Corona, Calif.), Yves Grandmaitre (Merrickville, Canada) and Mike Echolds (Murrieta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Deployable handle devices are disclosed. Examples of handle devices having a handle configured to move between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, a handle housing, a handle arm, a pawl configured to move independently from the handle arm between a first pawl position and a second pawl position, a ratchet, a linkage configured to move the pawl from the first pawl p...