ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,143, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Vehicle entertainment apparatus" was invented by Christian V. Elder (Irvine, Calif.), Elizabeth K. Steenwyk (Detroit), Austin Simpson (Huntington Beach, Calif.), William Thomas Wanstall (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Eric Butler (Fullerton, Calif.), Robert Holiday (Irvine, Calif.) and Rex Martin (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for a vehicle and projector module. The vehicle can include a compartment. The vehicle can include a projector module configured to extend from the compartment to provide light to a project...