ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,053, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to RV-De-Fender LLC (Herriman, Utah).

"Mechanism for securing a vehicle protection system and a backing plate of a brake assembly to an axle of a vehicle" was invented by Gregory Adam Bowen (Sandy, Utah), Todd Ryan Smith (Sandy, Utah) and Zackary Donald Patterson (Harrisville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for securing a vehicle protection system to an axle of a vehicle is provided. The mechanism may include a plurality of studs that are configured to secure the vehicle protection system and the backing plate of a brake assembly to an axle flange of a vehicle's axle. Each stud ma...