ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,287, issued on July 22, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Foldable front step and vehicle" was invented by Hans Bergqvist (Torslanda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable front step for a vehicle which is adapted to be mounted at a front end of the vehicle, typically a front end of a vehicle cab, wherein the front step is adapted to be folded between an open position and a closed position when being mounted to the vehicle and wherein the front step has a length extension corresponding to a transverse extension of the vehicle when the front step is mounted thereto."
The patent was filed on Oct. 5, 2...