ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,129, issued on July 29, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Systems for attachment of vehicle accessories" was invented by Mathieu Mercier (Sherbrooke, Canada), Francois Chenevert (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Christian Labbe (Magog, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory base including a frame adapted to be attached to at least a portion of an accessory, the frame having a first end defined at a first end portion of the frame and a second end defined at a second end portion of the frame; a tongue attached to the frame at the first end portion of the frame, the tongue extending outward fr...