ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,260, issued on April 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD (San Diego).
"Angular rub rails for trailers" was invented by Laura Homec (San Diego), Loc Quoc Bui (San Diego), Weilun Chang (San Diego) and Jimmy Minh Nguyen (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side rail assembly for a flatbed trailer extruded together as one integrated piece, including: a top extension face; a top chamfer; a side vertical face; a top horizontal face diagonally coupled to the side vertical face by the top chamfer, the top horizontal face to step down into the top extension face, wherein the top extension face extends to provide a surface to attach ...