ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,837, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Glove box for a vehicle" was invented by Gregory Paul Thomas (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glove box for a vehicle includes a bin having an upper rim and defining a storage cavity accessible via an opening defined by the upper rim. The glove box further includes a retainer pivotably coupled to the bin and operable to pivot relative to the bin between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a portion of the retainer is positioned within the storage cavity. In the second position, the retainer is positioned ...