ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,798, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).
"Motor vehicle" was invented by Margret Metzger (Markgroningen, Germany) and Uwe Schwitzgabel (Wurmberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle has a rear seat bench, a storage compartment arranged behind the rear seat bench in the direction of travel, and a storage compartment floor. A hat shelf is positionable behind the rear seat bench in a usage position such that it separates a passenger compartment from the storage compartment. In order to thereby provide an easily actuatable hat shelf which is also sturdy when in its non-usage positi...