US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Floor panel system for vehicles" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,635, issued on July 22.

"Floor panel system for vehicles" was invented by Anjani Kumar (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle flooring system for converting regular vehicles into wheelchair accessible vehicles. The flooring system is made up of individual flooring panels connected via a snap fit type tongue and lip connection. Each individual panel contains an integral track. The integral track forms a positive lock with the track channels. The flooring system is able to satisfy government regulations concerning seat and wheelchair location pull testing."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2023, under Application ...