US Patent Issued to Soles Enterprises on Sept. 29 for "Fill under grain cover" (South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,714, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Soles Enterprises Inc. (Brandon, S.D.).

"Fill under 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 fill under tarp for grain and center tower skirt are disclosed. A tarp body has a plurality of tarp sections and a tarp section seam disposed between each adjoining tarp section. A yoke has a center, an inner terminal edge defining a yoke opening and an outer terminal edge. The yoke is disposed generally in the center of the tarp body and configured for strengthening the tarp body. A center tower skirt has a plurality of...