ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,190, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Step arrangement for a vehicle" was invented by Sondre Landvik (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step arrangement comprises a frame, an upper step, a lower step, and a linking element. The upper step is, relative to the connected frame, pivotable around a first geometrical axis to allow the upper step to be moved from a folded position in a storage state of the step arrangement to an unfolded position, the lower step following the movement of the upper step. The linking element, interconnecting the upper and lower steps, is, relative t...