ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,721, issued on Aug. 26.
"Truck-mounted dual-purpose storage assembly" was invented by Patrick James Kunkel (Lester Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickup truck includes a cab having a rear window and a bed including a bed floor and a first and second side rail. A dual-purpose storage assembly includes a frame assembly that extends across a width of the bed and is mounted to the tops of the first and second side rails. The storage assembly further includes a first and second storage cabinet each extending across a respective portion of the rear window and comprising a respective frame coupled to the main frame, a respe...