ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,415, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).
"Adaptable storage" was invented by Simon Smith (Banbury, Great Britain) and David Ovens (Southam, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptable load floor assembly, storage compartment, and associated control system for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a storage compartment with a load floor, a rear opening, a door for selectively closing the opening, and a platform hinged to the load floor and located within the storage compartment when the door is closed. In use and when the door is open, the platform is pivotable from a retracted ...