ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,981, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Carman Enterprise Co. Ltd. (China).
"Rear load carrier, clamping device and system" was invented by Xianwei Li (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a rear load carrier (1) for mounting to a vehicle, with a base body (2), which defines a longitudinal direction (L) between its front side and its rear side and a transverse direction (T), a connecting device (5) for attachment to a vehicle-side trailer coupling provided at the front side of the base body (2), and fixing means, which are arranged and designed such that different load receiving devices can ...