ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,637, issued on May 12, was assigned to United Auto Delivery and Recovery Inc. (Collierville, Tenn.).

"Vehicle display systems and methods" was invented by Kevin Wilson (Memphis, Tenn.), Brad Huddleston (Lakeland, Tenn.), Brandon Derrick (Germantown, Tenn.), Paul Rettenmaier (Leawood, Kan.), Marianne Simshauser (Collierville, Tenn.) and Todd Richardson (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle auction facility has a plurality of turntables on which vehicles may be displayed for auction. Each turntable is associated with at least one doorway through which a line of vehicles may drive onto and off the turntable one at a ti...