US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 8 for "Methods, systems, and devices for reconfiguring and/or extending a bed of a vehicle" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,932, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Methods, systems, and devices for reconfiguring and/or extending a bed of a vehicle" was invented by Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, Calif.), John Grover (Saline, Mich.), Eric R. Schmidt (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Braden M. Klish (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for reconfiguring and/or extending a bed of a vehicle. A device may include a base panel coupled to a tailgate of the vehicle. The device may include a top panel moveably attached to ...