US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 13 for "Baseplate mounting system with locking mechanism" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,744, issued on May 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Baseplate mounting system with locking mechanism" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Matthew B. Rutman (Canton, Mich.), Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.), Michael Lozano (Detroit), Jeffrey R. Sturges (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.), William Wurz (San Francisco), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.) and Eric Scott Levine (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory attachment system includes a baseplate that provides an attachment interface on a support surface. The baseplate is configured to engage with at least...