ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,829, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Vehicular storage cover member" was invented by Akinori Katou (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Tetsuya Yoshida (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular storage cover member covering an opening of a storage section of a vehicle includes a cover body, a buffer member, and a protection wall. The cover body has a plate shape having a back surface and is disposed such that the back surface is opposite the storage section. The cover body includes an opposing portion that is opposite a support portion of the storage section supporting the cover body. ...