US Patent Issued to RHINO HIDE on Dec. 2 for "Panel assembly, a panel, a mounting arrangement and method of securing same to a surface" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,061, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RHINO HIDE PTY LTD (Balcatta, Australia).

"Panel assembly, a panel, a mounting arrangement and method of securing same to a surface" was invented by Marc John Berryman (Balcatta, Australia) and Rod Houston (Balcatta, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a panel comprising a protective plate which is adapted to be fitted to a vehicle body panel to cover the vehicle body panel. The protective plate includes a plurality of fasteners to releasably secure the protective plate to the vehicle body panel. Each fastener comprises a first fastening portion which is secure...