ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,859, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dragonflaps LLC (Lakeville, Minn.).
"Removable mudflap assembly and method for a truck" was invented by Jerome L. Phillipe (Lakeville, Minn.) and Jeffrey A. Phillipe (Lakeville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pair of mudflap brackets are each made from a respective planar sheet of metal, such as steel, that is cut out and then folded at two right-angle bends to form three planar sections that are perpendicular to each other, i.e., a back vertical plate section, a top horizontal plate section, and an inside vertical plate section. In some embodiments, a rear vertical edge of the inside ver...