US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Dec. 30 for "Vehicle cargo bed systems including a stair assembly, a load stop, or both" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,995, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle cargo bed systems including a stair assembly, a load stop, or both" was invented by William Charles Brick (Royal Oak, Mich.), Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.), Scott Nydam (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Jay John Meyer (Howell, Mich.) and Amol Borkar (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo bed system includes a stair assembly that is movable between a stowed position and a staircase position relative to a vehicle structure. The stair assembly includes first and second support arm assemblies and first and a second steps. Th...