ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,517, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TARPSTOP LLC (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Corner bracket" was invented by Justin Bjorum (Wyoming, Mich.) and Joe Callahan (Perrysburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner bracket for a tarp system for a vehicle includes a pair of arcuate main body portions with each of the main body portions including a central aperture formed therein and a sleeve disposed on each of the pair of main body portions with each of the sleeves having a central aperture aligned with the central aperture of the corresponding main body portion. Each of the sleeves includes a tarp retention channel configured to rece...