ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,414, issued on Oct. 14.
"Truck tailgate assembly" was invented by Chester Dwayne Smith (Winfield, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for gating a truck load bed, the truck load bed having a laterally extending rear opening, the assembly incorporating a tailgate fitted for receipt within the load bed's rear opening, the tailgate incorporating a hollow bored lower member having an arcuately curved upper wall; the assembly further incorporating a camera case having an open lower end which is angularly mounted upon the hollow bored lower member's arcuately curved upper wall; the assembly further incorporating a camera cable ...