ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,015, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Strap mount assembly" was invented by Shosho Cho (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Mutsuto Morioka (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strap mount assembly includes a board member, a strap holding portion, and a stopper member. The board member has a first surface and a second surface that is an opposite surface of the first surface and includes a first insertion hole that is through the board member in a thickness direction and through which a first end portion of a strap is inserted to the second surface....