ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,643, issued on April 22, was assigned to TRACKTOPS LLC (Houston).
"Truck rack and topper system" was invented by Skyler Wilhelm Coppenrath (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack for a truck bed includes a structural framework formed by a set of linear rails and a set of couplings. Each linear rail has a first end connected to one of the couplings and a second end connected to another of the couplings, wherein the rails and the couplings are connected to form a driver side frame, a front frame, a passenger side frame, a rear frame and a top frame. Each rail has a uniform cross-sectional profile including an outer profile that f...