ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,504, issued on March 17, was assigned to SOLES ENTERPRISES INC (Brandon, S.D.).

"Cover-after pile grain cover" was invented by Ben Soles (Brandon, S.D.) and Ralph Soles III (Brandon, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover-after grain tarp is disclosed. The cover-after grain tarp includes, for example, a tarp body having a plurality of tarp sections joined together at one or more seams, each tarp section comprising a plurality of tarp panels having an outer terminal edge spaced between opposing converging edges and an edge panel secured along its length to an adjoining one of the plurality of tarp panels. The edge panel is confi...