US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Aug. 11 for "Retention apparatus for vehicles and related methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,308, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Retention apparatus for vehicles and related methods" was invented by Austin Lee Frederickson (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to retention apparatus, and related components and methods, for vehicles. In one or more embodiments, the retention apparatus is configured to retain an accessory within a cab of a vehicle. In one or more embodiments, a retention apparatus includes an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes a pivotable bar pivotable in a first direction to lock the attachment assembly ...