ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,238, issued on June 3, was assigned to Marelli Corp. (Saitama, Japan).

"Drawer type storage box" was invented by Yousuke Kobayashi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drawer-type storage box mounted on a vehicle V includes a box-shaped resin container having on a top thereof an opening portion, a slide rail that inclines relative to a width direction Y of the container, a bracket that connects the slide rail to the container, and a cover that stores the container and to which the slide rail is directly or indirectly attached, wherein the container has a contact surface that contacts the bracket and the contact surface is ...