ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,488, issued on June 16, was assigned to MUSTHANE (SOCIETE PAR ACTIONS SIMPLIFIEE (Willems, France).

"Device for protecting a tyre sidewall" was invented by Reza Rosier (Dottignies, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for protecting the tire of a wheel, includes a shield having a polymer material; a crown for mounting the protection device on a rim of the wheel, the crown being secured to the shield and including: a connection portion for securely connecting the crown to the shield; a mounting portion, forming a single piece with the connection portion, provided with a plurality of orifices for mounting the crown on the ri...