US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Mud flap system with universal adapter" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,775, issued on March 11.

"Mud flap system with universal adapter" was invented by Christopher Pimlott (Bradenton, Fla.) and Philip Lambert (Bradenton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mudflap system with universal adapter is centered on a bracket. The bracket includes optional inserts that can be added or removed to change the size of the bracket recess. By changing the size of the bracket recess, a single bracket may be used on multiple sizes of ball mount-the ball mount being portion of the vehicle's hitch system that generally protrudes from the receiver, accepting trailer coupler to connect to the trailer. The bracket inc...