ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,901, issued on Oct. 21.

"Trunk shelf system" was invented by Alexandra Castiello Gandolfo (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trunk shelf system for mounting onto a seat back of a vehicle includes a support structure configured to be secured to the seat back. The support structure includes a first pair of connection pins and a second pair of connection pins spaced apart from the first pair of connection pins. The trunk shelf system further includes a shelf movably mounted to the support structure via one of the first pair of connection pins and the second pair of connection pins. The shelf has a bottom surface providing a...