ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,152, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Console box" was invented by Naoyuki Fukui (Kiyosu, Japan), Takuto Kamaya (Kiyosu, Japan) and Yu Hishida (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A console box includes a box main body, a lid, first coupling portions respectively provided at opposite end portions in a width direction of the box main body, a second coupling portion that is provided at at least one end portion of opposite end portions in the width direction of the lid, a lock mechanism, an operation portion, a guide portion provided in the box main body. The guide portion allows f...