US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Debris containment apparatus" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,638, issued on July 14.

"Debris containment apparatus" was invented by Katy Soper (Edmond, Okla.) and Kelly Poarch (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for collecting debris displaced from a surface is provided. The apparatus comprises an elongate trough having a first cross-sectional shape of an open channel. The elongate trough comprises a first end of the elongate trough and a first endcap associated with the first end of the elongate trough. The elongate trough comprises a second end of the elongate trough that is distal to the first end of the elongate trough, and a second endcap associated with the second ...