ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,982, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Dorsey Trailer LLC (Elba, Ala.).
"Side rail for trailer" was invented by James H. Adams (Tega Cay, S.C.) and CJ Watson (New Brockton, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side rail for a trailer including a side rail body and a rub rail body configured to be operably coupled to the side rail body. In one or more embodiments, the side rail body includes a pair of connecting walls extending transversely from a side rail wall of the side rail body and configured to be received within a corresponding pair of grooves of the rub rail body so as to operably couple the rub rail body to the side rail bod...