ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,322, issued on July 1.

"Vehicle flooring system with rollers" was invented by Anjani Kumar (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle flooring system configured to enable movement of cargo within a vehicle. The flooring system is made up of individual flooring panels connected via a snap fit type connection. In one embodiment, the flooring panels define one or more openings/slots configured to receive and secure one or more rollers. The rollers are configured to enable slidable movement of cargo within the vehicle. In another embodiment, the flooring panels include one or more lightweight panels and one or more reinfo...