ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,466, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Jericho Offroad Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia).

"Vehicle recovery equipment storage arrangement" was invented by Hugh Douglas Gordon (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a mounting arrangement for securing vehicle recovery equipment to a vehicle. The mounting arrangement comprises a strap extending between a free end and a securable end and the strap is secured to the anchor system at or proximal to the securable end. The free end extends around at least a part of the vehicle recovery equipment to retain the vehicle recovery equipment. The mounting arrangemen...