US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Reconfigurable inflatable pickup truck box cover" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,486, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Reconfigurable inflatable pickup truck box cover" was invented by Christopher Stephen Flemming (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable inflatable pickup truck box cover includes a base frame, a side wall system operatively connected to the base frame, and a top wall operatively connected to the side wall system. At least one of the base frame, the side wall system, and the top wall is inflatable."

The patent was filed on May 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/318,929.

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