ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,207, issued on June 23, was assigned to STREAM IT INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Self hitching and parking trailers, and systems and methods for trailers" was invented by Lance M. King (Austin, Texas), Zach Radkey-Pechacek (Austin, Texas), Nathan Swanson (Austin, Texas) and Timothy Wulff (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-hitching and parking trailers, and systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for controlling a trailer are provided herein. A system for controlling a trailer can comprise one or more sensors configured to detect sensor data associated with a trailer, a tow vehicle, and/or an area surround...