US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 27 for "Support structure for a lid of a vehicle storage receptacle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,952, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Support structure for a lid of a vehicle storage receptacle" was invented by Logan R. Astrike (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage receptacle assembly for a vehicle includes a lid support structure having a base, a wall extending from the base, and a slot having a first edge formed in the base and a second edge formed in the wall. A projection engagement structure is positioned below the slot and includes a floor, a shoulder extending upwardly from the floor, a...