ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,032, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WITASEK PFLANZENSCHUTZ GMBH (Feldkirchen, Austria) and FUNDERMAX GMBH (St. Veit an der Glan, Austria).
"Plant protector" was invented by Peter Witasek (Feldkirchen, Austria), Michael Seebacher (St. Veit an der Glan, Austria) and Gunter Reichmann (St. Veit an der Glan, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant protector includes four wall parts, which are connected to one another to form a tube shaped like the jacket of a prism. In this case, the wall parts are connected to one another up to one edge of the plant protector, so that the wall parts can pivot relative to one another in order to ...