ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,470, issued on Aug. 12.
"Truck with a retractable cover" was invented by Thomas Scott Breidenbach (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck may include an apparatus behind a passenger cab. The apparatus may provide access to an interior of a truck box, when retracted, and/or a cover, when deployed. The apparatus may include a plurality of moveable portions. The moveable portions may be linked together, and adjacent moveable portions may be linked together by one or more hinge. The apparatus, when deployed, may slope and may keep airflow attached to at least an exterior of the apparatus. The apparatus, when deployed, ...