ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,165, issued on April 29, was assigned to Liquivinyl LLC (Yorktown, Ind.).
"Vehicle accessory" was invented by Brian Tao (Canton, Mich.) and Brenden Beshore (Yorktown, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle accessory includes a body portion. The body portion is made substantially of aluminum composite material. The vehicle accessory further includes at least one connector for selectively attaching the body portion to a portion of an automobile. The body portion includes a front edge and a rear edge. The front edge is curved along at least a portion thereof. The front and rear edges are laterally opposed from each other. The rear...