ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,077, issued on June 17, was assigned to TRAXXAS LP (McKinney, Texas).

"Body mounting system for a model vehicle" was invented by Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, Calif.), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, Texas), Skylar Hagler (Anna, Texas), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, Texas) and Kent Poteet (Lucas, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body mounting assembly, model vehicle, and method for engaging a model vehicle body to a model vehicle chassis are provided. The body mounting assembly includes a latch assembly. The latch assembly further includes a latch member with a latch engagement surface. The body mounting assembly...