ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,697, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Vehicle ladder" was invented by Sam Kaddouh (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a ladder. The vehicle body has a roof panel body structure and an underside body structure. The ladder has a first end and a second end. The first end is mounted to the roof panel body structure. The second end is mounted to the underside body structure so that the ladder is mounted to the vehicle's roof surface and to an underside surface of the vehicle."
The patent was filed on Oct. 30, 2020, under Application No...