US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 3 for "Retractable double width expanding camper shell" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,135, issued on March 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Retractable double width expanding camper shell" was invented by Philipp J. Wolf (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments for providing an apparatus including a platform configured to be supported by a side of a vehicle and one or more actuators configured to support a roof structure, wherein the roof structure is coupled with the platform to support the platform over the side of the vehicle."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/071,401.

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