ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,428, issued on April 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotating multi-variant luggage tray structure" was invented by Ji Ah Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Ho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jin Ho Hwang (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating multi-variant luggage tray structure is proposed. The structure includes a cover part formed at a position corresponding to an inner surface of a trim, a housing rotated about a rotating shaft to be withdrawn from the trim, and a rotating bellows connected to the housing and configured to be folded accordi...