ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,297, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cargowise Global Ltd (Andover, Great Britain).
"Cover" was invented by Michael Steedman (Andover, Great Britain), Russell East (Andover, Great Britain), Darby Steedman (Andover, Great Britain) and Sebastian Steedman (Andover, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for covering goods supported on a base platform such as a pallet. The cover has an upper panel and a plurality of side panels to define an enclosure surrounded by said plurality of side panels. Each side panel is formed from a sheet material and comprises a reinforcing mesh extending at least partially over the sheet mat...