US Patent Issued to BCE on Aug. 18 for "Communication apparatus and cover thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,251, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BCE INC. (Verdun, Canada).

"Communication apparatus and cover thereof" was invented by Mike Powell (Verdun, Canada), Kyle Furlong (Verdun, Canada), Eric Guimond (Verdun, Canada) and Peter Di Grado (Verdun, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus and a cover for the communication apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus comprises a pole, an antenna connected to the pole, network equipment connected to the pole, lowering mechanism positioned within the pole, and a cover coupled to the lowering mechanism. The cover covering the antenna and network equipment when ...