US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Dec. 23 for "Cooler for a vehicle" (Michigan, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,027, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Cooler for a vehicle" was invented by Matthew McCormick (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Samuel Cates (Nashville, Tenn.), Vishnu Jayamohan (Nashville, Tenn.) and Andrew Molnar (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle storage area and a cooler. The vehicle storage area has a floor panel. The cooler is removably stowed in the storage area at a position underneath the floor panel. The cooler has a base defined by a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls. The front wall has a vehicle forward facing surface. The re...