ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,787, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Console box" was invented by Hiroto Watanabe (Kiyosu, Japan), Masanori Mizuno (Kiyosu, Japan) and Yasuhiro Kodama (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A console box includes a box body, storage, a side table, a shaft, a shaft support arranged above the storage, and a rotation stopper. The storage is located in a side portion of the box body with respect to a widthwise direction of a vehicle seat. The side table is vertically movable between a storage position and an intermediate position. The shaft is located at a lower end of the side table w...