ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,836, issued on May 27, was assigned to COLUMBIA VEHICLE GROUP INC. (Reedsburg, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for a lighting assembly for a golf cart" was invented by Kurt A. Meyer (Martinez, Ga.) and Joon Wei Cao (Xinyi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a lighting system for a golf cart includes a rocker panel secured to a side panel of the golf cart and including a pipe aperture disposed therein. The lighting system further includes a light pipe secured within the pipe aperture of the rocker panel, a light source housed within the light pipe, and a processor connected to t...