US Patent Issued to XTC Motorsports on May 26 for "Method and apparatus for a vehicle accessory mount system" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,005, issued on May 26, was assigned to XTC Motorsports LLC (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Method and apparatus for a vehicle accessory mount system" was invented by Christopher R. Leaming (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Michael J. Leaming (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle accessory mount system is provided that includes a ball-and-socket joint. The socket portion includes a non-metallic material, and the ball portion includes a metallic material whereby the non-metallic material exhibits elasticity to allow a surface of the socket portion to temporarily deform in order to conform to imperfections in the surface of the ball portion as...