US Patent Issued to Mountain Top (Denmark) on Jan. 13 for "Fastening assembly, a cross bar comprising the fastening assembly, and a method of mounting the cross bar and the fastening assembly to a truck bed" (Danish, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,149, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Mountain Top (Denmark) ApS (Frederikssund, Denmark).

"Fastening assembly, a cross bar comprising the fastening assembly, and a method of mounting the cross bar and the fastening assembly to a truck bed" was invented by Peter Singer Hansen (Fredensborg, Denmark) and Robert Ansingh (Gwelup, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening assembly (2) is adapted for releasably connecting a load-carrying cross bar (1) to a vehicle. The fastening assembly (2) comprises a cross bar mounting part (3) with a protruding first hinge part (4), and a vehicle mounting part (5) with a second hinge part ...