US Patent Issued to The Braun on March 25 for "Track extension for a passenger vehicle and method of assembly" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,886, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).

"Track extension for a passenger vehicle and method of assembly" was invented by Michael R. Pugh (Winamac, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track extender for a sliding door track of an OEM passenger vehicle having a passenger opening, and a door operatively coupled to a sliding mechanism configured to slide along the sliding door track of the OEM vehicle. The sliding door track includes a track channel extending from the passenger opening toward a rear portion of the vehicle, wherein the sliding door track includes a first end located toward the passenge...