US Patent Issued on July 29 for "Systems and methods to secure items stored in a cargo area of a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,176, issued on July 29.

"Systems and methods to secure items stored in a cargo area of a vehicle" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), David Celinske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.), Erick Mogollon (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Fernando Camargo (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for securing an item in a vehicle. An example method can include a processor receiving a primary trigger to unlock a gate of the vehicle, followed by unlocking of the gate to allow access to a cargo compartment. A secondary trigger may the...