US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Aug. 4 for "Vehicle canopy with support ribs and accessory mounting bosses" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,859, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Vehicle canopy with support ribs and accessory mounting bosses" was invented by Kelsey M. Dobson (Augusta, Ga.) and Rebecca A. Hassan (Augusta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle canopy, wherein the canopy comprises a main panel having a top face and a bottom face; a front wall extending from a front of the main panel; a back wall extending from a rear of the main panel; a pair of opposing sidewalls extending from opposing sides of the main panel; and one or more support rib integrally formed with the main panel and extending laterally acros...