ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,884, issued on May 27, was assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS INC. (Aurora, Canada).
"Box step with multi-purpose lighting" was invented by Bradley E. Watson (Barrie, Canada) and Deane Nelson (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box step lighting arrangement for a vehicle which includes a mount for attachment to a vehicle. A step member and a linkage are connected to the mount, the linkage move the step member between a deployed position and retracted position. A motor is attached to the linkage to move the step between a deployed position and retracted position. Connected to the linkage is at least one light module. The light module h...