ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,738, issued on May 13, was assigned to MINK CAMPERS EHF. (Gardabaer, Iceland).

"Sports camper structure" was invented by Egill Sveinbjorn Egilsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Olafur Gunnar Sverrisson (Alftanes, Iceland) and Olafur Freyr Halldorsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a sports camper of a teardrop caravan type having rounded corners to give the housing of the caravan a egg-like shape. The sports camper of the present invention is designed to be lightweight having increased structural strength and wear."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/911,278....