ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,151, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Covina Accessories LLC (Ontario, Calif.).
"Foldable truck rack" was invented by John Lee (Walnut, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present invention teaches a foldable truck rack that can be collapsed down when not in use, saving gas consumption and adding flexibility of space utilization of the bed portion of a pickup truck. One configuration allows the top horizontal bar to be lowered down with two upright bars sliding towards each other, until the top horizontal bar completely folded on top of the two upright bars, reducing the physical volume of the truck rack. A second configuration i...