MUMBAI, India, March 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517021692 A) filed by Multimatic Inc., Markham, Canada, on March 11, for 'stowable tailgate step assembly system.'

Inventor(s) include Lausch Ryan; Hollingworth James; Ibrahim Ahmed; Hodza Muamer; and Lehti Michael Gordon.

The application for the patent was published on March 28, under issue no. 13/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A stowable tailgate step assembly system comprises a frame with two interconnected frame arms adapted to be mounted longitudinally in a vehicle tailgate. A slide module releasably latched to the frame comprises two longitudinal carrier arms which translate in relation to the...