ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,279, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Vehicular door trim" was invented by Kenta Kishi (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular door trim includes an armrest including a first mount member, a pull handle, an opening section, and a switch base. The pull handle includes a body portion and an extending portion that extends from the body portion and includes a second mount member that is fitted to the first mount member. The opening section is defined by the armrest and the extending portion with the second mount member being fitted to the first mount member. The switch bas...