US Patent Issued to Lund Motion Products on March 25 for "Automated retractable vehicle step" (Indiana, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,980, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lund Motion Products Inc. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Automated retractable vehicle step" was invented by Anthony Smith (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Todd Wallace Yeoman (Osceola, Ind.) and William Ridgway Lang Jr. (Granger, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Powered retractable vehicle step assist systems and methods are provided. The steps systems are configured for installation (e.g., after market installation) and use with a vehicle. The system can include a stepping member movable between a retracted position and a deployed position with respect to the vehicle. The system can further include a vehicle...