US Patent Issued to Worksport on June 30 for "Tonneau cover pivot plate" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,108, issued on June 30, was assigned to Worksport Ltd. (Richmond Hill, Canada).

"Tonneau cover pivot plate" was invented by Steven Rossi (Vaughan, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivot plate system that mounts between a tonneau cover and a bed of a pickup truck and enables pivoting of the tonneau cover between substantially horizontal and vertical orientations. The pivot plate system includes first and second pivot plates configured to mount to/on first and second sidewalls of the pickup truck. Each of the first and second pivot plates includes a fixed member configured to mount to/on one of the sidewalls and a moveable plate...