ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,248, issued on Nov. 11.
"Automotive swimwear" was invented by Jacqueline A. Hutchinson (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Automotive Swimwear is an apparatus that is designed to protect parked motor vehicles during flooding. The device takes the form of a large wetsuit, made from neoprene textile, silnylon textile, nylon textile, and similar textiles that are waterproof. The wetsuit has at least one waterproof zipper. This allows the wetsuit to be opened and laid flat upon a driveway, parking lot or similar surface. The motor vehicle is then driven onto the wetsuit, and the remaining sides are pulled up and over the ...