ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,019, issued on May 27, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Vehicle having a cargo bed with a pass-through opening" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Pard (Tingwick, Canada), Guillaume Auger (Danville, Canada), Alexandre Lecointre (Sherbrooke, Canada), Andre Cote (Longueuil, Canada), Francis Cloutier (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Alexandre Thibault (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a driver seat connected to a frame of the vehicle and disposed in a cockpit area; a dashboard disposed in front of the driver seat; a cargo bed supported by the frame and having a front wal...