ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,979, issued on April 21.
"Dump liner device" was invented by Glenn Fuerstenberg (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dump liner device includes a receptacle, such as a bucket of a digger, having a high side and a low side when in a dumping position. The receptacle has a concave interior surface for holding material in the receptacle while in a holding position. A connection edge of a flexible panel is coupled to the high side of the receptacle. The panel conforms to the interior surface of the receptacle but is unconnected to the receptacle except along the high side such that the panel is gravitationally urged away f...