ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,707, issued on April 22.
"Utility deck storage device" was invented by Eugene Washington Gros (Eagle Point, Ore.) and Charles P. Gros (White City, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility storage deck device 100 for a vehicle 200 comprises a load bearing bed cover 102, storage boxes 104, a headache rack 106, a primary deck 108 and a secondary deck 110. The load bearing bed cover 102 is configured to detachably mounted on the bed rails 112 of the vehicle 200. The storage boxes 104 are mounted to the top of the bed cover 102 on the passenger side 105a and driver side 105b, leaving space for cargo on top of the bed cover 102 between...