ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,793, issued on Sept. 9.
"Protective shell for passenger vehicle door" was invented by Edward Tansingco (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective shell for protecting an interior door panel of a vehicle has an inner face with a protruding door pull defining a door well for receiving a user's fingers and a door sill leading to a window opening. A deformable sheet of hard plastic with an exposed side and a reverse side is profiled to fit over the inner face of the vehicle door interior panel. An outwardly directed top surface portion for rests on the door sill. A protrusion on the exposed side of the deformable she...