ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,804, issued on Sept. 30.
"Wheel protector for a two-part wheel" was invented by Alvin Andrew Potter (Media, Pa.), Bryan Thomas Rogers (Philadelphia) and Wesley Alvin Potter (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Invention is a wheel protector for a two-part wheel for a motor vehicle. The wheel protecter is generally annularly shaped and includes collars that closely conform to threaded rim nuts that secure the inner rim and outer rim of the two-part wheel. The collars have collar inside surface shapes that conform to the threaded rim nut shapes for every angular orientation of the threaded rim nuts. The collars have c...