US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on Sept. 22 for "Lower bunk system for an industrial vehicle" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,580, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Lower bunk system for an industrial vehicle" was invented by Madhuchandra K S (Bangalore, India), K S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik (Bangalore, India) and Gangubai Hegde (Thindlu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bunk system for a truck, comprising a structural board, wherein the structural board comprises a main portion having a main front edge, extending in the longitudinal direction, and a main rear edge; and at least a movable secondary portion linked elastically to the main portion, having a secondary rear edge, and a secondary front edge. The s...