ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,745, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Roof assembly for a convertible motor vehicle" was invented by Daniele Cervelli (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof assembly for a convertible motor vehicle includes a roof to be placed in contact with a frame of the motor vehicle in a closed roof position, a manual locking device carried by the roof and capable of being operated by hand when the roof is in the closed roof position according to a first operating mode, in which the manual locking device cooperates with the frame to carry out a first constraining action in order to secure the roof t...