ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,873, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG (Graz, Austria).

"Motor vehicle with roll bar" was invented by Reinhard Hoermann (Seiersberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle having an upwardly open loading surface and a roll bar. The roll bar includes at least one boundary wall, a mounting base, and mounting elements. The at least one boundary wall forms a surface arranged at a top region of the roll bar in a roll bar mode in which the roll bar is arranged in a front region of a loading surface of the motor vehicle. The mounting base is arranged at a bottom region of the roll ...