ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,887, issued on May 13, was assigned to Marlin Crawler Inc. (Fresno, Calif.).
"Reinforcement and protection braces for mounting structures of vehicle steering knuckle lower control arms" was invented by Michael Czajkowski (Fresno, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides reinforcing braces for attachment to factory-supplied chassis mounts for the lower control arms of steering knuckles of vehicles to reinforce and shield the mounts from objects below the vehicle encountered when traveling through rugged terrain. Each brace includes at least one sturdy metal flange that is attached to a sturdy metal lower ba...