ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,903, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Rhino Rack Australia Pty Ltd. (Eastern Creek, Australia).
"Article carrier mounting leg" was invented by Colin Schwecke (Westleigh, Australia), Aakash Patel (Marsden Park, Australia) and Timothy Follan (Warragamba, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to, for example, an article carrier mounting leg, comprising a leg frame having an upper end configured to receive a mounting portion of an article carrier thereupon, and a lower end configured to rest against a leg mounting point, an article carrier mounting element configured to engage with the article carrier ...