ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,721, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China) and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Cargo divider for arrangement between a first vehicle seat backrest and an adjacent second vehicle seat backrest and a vehicle seat" was invented by Magnus Nilsson (Floda, Sweden) and Jonathan Johansson (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo divider between a first vehicle seat backrest and a second vehicle seat backrest used when one of the first or second backrest is folded down. The divider includes a first structure part along a lateral edge of t...