US Patent Issued to LACKS ENTERPRISES on Sept. 2 for "Method of forming a one-piece vehicle roof rail" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,839, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LACKS ENTERPRISES INC..

"Method of forming a one-piece vehicle roof rail" was invented by Thomas Hawkins (Spring Lake, Mich.), Paul Nikandrou (Caledonia, Mich.), Ryan Lacks (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Nick Hrnyak (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof rail for a vehicle is provided that is made of only one piece and is solid across its length. The roof rail may be made using a co-injection molding process, a two-shot injection molding process or an extrusion molding process."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2024, under Application No. 18/427,994.

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