US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Integrated holder assembly for a vehicle door" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,148, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Integrated holder assembly for a vehicle door" was invented by Evelyn Pires (Mexico City) and Gabriela Betancourt (Mexico City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door including a trim panel located on an interior side of the door and a holder assembly coupled to the door trim panel including a ring provided on the trim panel and a rotatable hook pivotally coupled to the ring and rotatable between a stowed position within the ring and an outwardly deployed position to support an object such as a mobility assist device."

The patent was filed...