ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,085, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Vehicle curtain system" was invented by William Oakley (Kernersville, N.C.) and Lakshmikanth Govindaiah (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising a windscreen and a side door having a window, the vehicle further comprising a curtain assembly, the curtain assembly comprising: a rail located above the window; a series of first connectors located above the windscreen; a curtain comprising: a piece of fabric; a series of runners fixed to the piece of fabric, the runners of the series of runners being engaged and slidable in the ra...