US Patent Issued to JACOBS & THOMPSON on April 14 for "Protective kit for use when applying a coating to a vehicle wheel" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,165, issued on April 14, was assigned to JACOBS & THOMPSON INC. (Toronto).

"Protective kit for use when applying a coating to a vehicle wheel" was invented by Robert Greene (On, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a protective kit for a vehicle wheel is provided. The wheel includes a rim with a pressurized tire mounted thereon. An outboard flange of the rim and an outboard side of the tire are resiliently engaged. The kit includes a wheel cover member including a cover sheet with outer and inner edges, and a through-opening, and an elastic member connected to the cover sheet at the inner edge. The through-opening and...