ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,281, issued on July 22, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Modular kitchen mounting apparatus" was invented by Jonathan David Salerno (Newport Beach, Calif.), Stephen Gillette (Worthing, Great Britain) and Daniel Geoffrey Walker (Northants, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are presented herein for a mounting apparatus configured to arrange a retractable kitchen within a vehicle enclosure. The mounting apparatus comprises a first slot configured to accommodate an alignment protrusion of a kitchen module. The mounting apparatus further comprises a second slot configured to accommod...