US Patent Issued to Multimatic on July 15 for "Dual acting cargo van door and ramp system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,413, issued on July 15, was assigned to Multimatic Inc. (Markham, Canada).

"Dual acting cargo van door and ramp system" was invented by Christopher Lee Cabanus (Mississauga, Canada) and Michael Gordon Lehti (Ashburn, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo van door system comprises a cargo van with a cargo compartment, first pivoting means to permit one or more doors releasably to pivot laterally and perpendicularly in relation to one of three outward facing side walls of the cargo compartment to act as a door, second pivoting means to permit the door releasably to pivot perpendicularly in relation to a floor of the cargo compa...