ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,742, issued on April 22, was assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS INC. (Concord, Canada).
"Retractable power step remote drive" was invented by Bradley E. Watson (Barrie, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a foldable step assembly for a vehicle. The step assembly includes a linkage arrangement for connection to a vehicle and articulating a step assembly from a deployed position to a stowed position. A drive mechanism is positioned remotely from the step assembly and is operatively in communication with the linkage arrangement for articulating said step assembly between the deployed position to the stowed posit...