ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,750, issued on Sept. 29.

"Lidded feed cover" was invented by Wade Steeneck (Beresford, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lidded feed cover for facilitating filling of a feeder for mid to small size animals includes a feeder having bottom wall, a top wall, and a peripheral wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall to define an interior space. The top wall is angled relative to the bottom wall such that the top wall is not parallel to the bottom wall and extends upwardly from a front side of the feeder to a rear side of the feeder. The peripheral wall has a feed opening. A fill opening is positioned in the top wall. ...