US Patent Issued to TredWear on June 23 for "Closure system for covering a surface of an object" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,296, issued on June 23, was assigned to TredWear LLC (Shelby, Ala.).

"Closure system for covering a surface of an object" was invented by Michael Steven Hunt Jr. (Columbiana, Ala.) and Lee Clayton (Columbiana, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure for covering an outer surface of an object includes a flexible panel moveable between a first position and a second position. The flexible panel is adapted to be flat in the first position and to at least partially enclose the object in the second position. The flexible panel includes a first panel edge, a second panel edge, and a closure system. The first panel edge is spaced ap...