ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,326, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to EXTANG Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
"Universal expanding roof rack" was invented by Cameron Warech (Lawrenceville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof rack assembly for a vehicle that includes a structure that extends in a cross-car direction of the vehicle, the roof rack assembly has: a first rack portion comprising a first rail and an opposing second rail; and a second rack portion comprising a third rail and an opposing fourth rail. The first rail has a cutout, and the second rail has a cutout, and the cutout of the first rail is configured to align with the cutout of the second rail. The...