US Patent Issued to Thule Sweden on Oct. 7 for "Adaptable rooftop tent system" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,535, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).

"Adaptable rooftop tent system" was invented by Parke Pleasants (Louisville, Colo.), David Ardmar (Bankeryd, Sweden), Jord Alma (Oxnevalla, Sweden) and Pontus Vargvik (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tent system includes a base, a canopy, and a frame system. The base is configured to mount to a vehicle. The frame system is coupled to the base and configured to expand collapse the canopy. The frame system includes a first frame member, a second frame member, a third frame member, and a fourth frame member. The first frame member includes a ...