US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,247, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same" was invented by Aaron R. Steinhilb (Milan, Mich.) and Haley L. Antoine (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tow hook assembly is detachably mounted to a frame member of a vehicle. The tow hook assembly includes a housing and a tow hook. The housing has a front wall with a front surface and an aperture formed in the front wall. The tow hook at least partially extends through the aperture and is movable between an extended...