ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,295, issued on July 7, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Enclosure cover assemblies" was invented by Gregory Glenn Isaacson (Fallbrook, Calif.) and Robert Brian Denning (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Underground utility enclosure cover assemblies for use with direct burial enclosures. The cover assemblies include a frame and a cover. The frame has one or more walls that define a central opening, a cover receiving ledge, an overhang that has a side wall, and at least one stabilizing member extending from the bottom edge of the sidewall of the overhang. The cover is dimensioned to rest on the cover rece...