US Patent Issued to Cord Group on May 12 for "Support devices for facilitating access to a vehicle and related methods" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,603, issued on May 12, was assigned to Cord Group LLC (Sunnyvale, Texas).

"Support devices for facilitating access to a vehicle and related methods" was invented by Robert Crandall (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Dany Smith (Grand Prairie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support device and components thereof can include a stepping cover attached a support frame. The support device has a length that is shorter than the length of a side of the vehicle between the front and rear wheel wells to facilitate access to a single vehicle door of a multiple door vehicle, such as a rear passenger door of a four-door vehicle. The support frame of...