MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311069943 A) filed by Maruti Suzuki India Limited, New Delhi, on Oct. 16, 2023, for 'a retractable system for protection of bumper area of a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Ravi Prakash.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a retractable system (100) for protection of a bumper area of a vehicle from collision with external objects. The system (100) comprises an upper hollow rod (102-1) and a lower hollow rod (102-2) positioned at rear end of the vehicle in width direction, a damper (104) between the ...