US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Vehicle accessory attachment system and attachment method" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,442, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle accessory attachment system and attachment method" was invented by Matthew B. Rutman (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory attachment method includes receiving a plurality of feet of an accessory within a plurality of apertures, wherein each foot is moveable within a corresponding aperture in multiple engagement directions, and sliding an accessory relative to a baseplate in a selected one of the multiple engagement directions to transition the accessory from a disengaged position to an engaged position. When in the dis...