US Patent Issued to The Kingstar on Feb. 3 for "Vehicle mounted accessory" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,816, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The Kingstar Co. (Chassell, Mich.).

"Vehicle mounted accessory" was invented by Marcus Niemela (Houghton, Mich.) and Michael R. Jackson (Hancock, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory support platform is provided for supporting a removable accessory, e.g. a stair system or cabinet, adjacent to a vehicle or portable living quarter, such as a truck-bed mounted camper. The accessory platform includes a support frame for coupling the platform to the truck camper. The support frame supports or suspends a support rail system from the rear portion of the truck camper. The rail system include...