ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,627, issued on July 7, was assigned to Nomadyn Inc. (Gimli, Canada).
"Replacement vehicle body panel with integral accessory mounts" was invented by Michael T. Cole (Gimli, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body panel apparatus, for mounting various accessories onto a vehicle, has a panel body and mounts to mount in place of an existing body panel of the vehicle. The apparatus can include a light adapter plate to support a lighting assembly on the panel body in alignment with an aperture within a protrusion formed on the panel body by fastening the lighting assembly to the plate and separately fastening the plate to the panel bo...