ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,422, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Sanders-Kauffmann GmbH (Bramsche, Germany).

"Cover device" was invented by Swetlana Schingarjow (Lengerich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering device has at least three covering portions. In a cross section of the covering device, a first of the covering portions is arranged on a second of the covering portions by means of a first connecting region which is configured by a first cross-sectional end of the first covering portion. The first covering portion has a second cross-sectional end which opposes the first cross-sectional end and has a second connecting region by which the f...