US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on June 23 for "Vehicle cargo system with rail and clamp" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,061, issued on June 23, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle cargo system with rail and clamp" was invented by Paxton S. Williams (Milan, Mich.), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, Mich.) and Ryan C. Harris (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments described herein relate to cargo systems for vehicles. A cargo system includes a rail stowable in a rail channel extending between a first and second side of a floor. The rail defines a rail body extending, at least partially, between the first side and the second s...