ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,341, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CHANGZHOU SUNWOOD INTERNATIONAL TRADING Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).
"Multi-layer hardtop structure, cover assembly, end support mechanism, and positioning mechanism for truck bed" was invented by Hang Shi (Changzhou, China) and Hongjuan Zheng (Changzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer hardtop structure includes a lower assembly, an upper assembly, and a soft layer, where the lower assembly includes multiple lower slat units, and the upper assembly includes multiple upper slat units; the upper slat unit is connected to the lower slat unit to form a rotation unit, or the lowe...