ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,687, issued on Dec. 30.
"Method and system for sanding objects made of thermoplastic olefin (TPO)" was invented by Antonio Declet Jr. (Aptos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system used for sanding objects such as auto body parts made of plastic. The method and system allow shop owners and technicians in the auto body industry to sand car bumpers with an abrasive paper having at least one sanding surface made of kraft paper prior to the priming process. The abrasive paper can be configured into corrugated fiberboard material. The abrasive paper will remove the rough or course areas left on car bumpers made of therm...