ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,288, issued on June 16, was assigned to Brooklyn Accessory Group LLC (Atlantic Beach, N.Y.).

"Removable tote cover" was invented by Alan Chunyi Au (Atlantic Beach, N.Y.) and Robert David Price (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a removable tote cover. In an illustrative example, the removable tote cover may include a detachable cover extending along a longitudinal axis. Some embodiments may advantageously be configured to cover an opening into an existing bag, the detachable cover having at least one handle aperture through each of opposing sides of the cover. In some embodiments...