US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 6 for "Vehicles including truck bed storage systems with rotating rack assemblies" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,862, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicles including truck bed storage systems with rotating rack assemblies" was invented by Josh D. Fraley (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a truck bed that includes a bed deck and a storage system that includes a rack assembly including a housing having a fixed size that occupies at least 10 percent of a total area of the bed deck in a stowed position. The rack assembly includes a pivot mechanism that is mounted to a rear pillar of the vehicle and p...