ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,326, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Support insertion mechanism" was invented by Lindsey Michelle Cross (Dana Point, Calif.), Lingke Song (Berkeley, Calif.), Matthew Matera (Newport Beach, Calif.), Jeremy Fu (Palo Alto, Calif.), Christian Elder (Irvine, Calif.) and Austin Lee Frederickson (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pole insertion mechanism is provided. The pole end can include a bottom portion opposite a top portion of the pole end. A holder can receive the pole end. The holder can include a first opening located on a top portion of the holder. The holder can inclu...