US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 16 for "Multifunctional portable article holder and vehicles having same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,451, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multifunctional portable article holder and vehicles having same" was invented by Jeong-Kyun Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyung-Jae Im (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a multifunctional portable article holder is provided. The holder comprises a cup holder section configured to hold a portable container, a moving holder section configured to affix a mobile device placed on and held by the cup holder section, a holder plate coupling the cup holder section and the moving hol...