ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,998, issued on Jan. 13.
"Lamp post column cover system and method of covering a lamp post column" was invented by Randy Ernst (Thousand Palms, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp post column cover is configured for placement around a lamp post to produce a sloped cover extension to prevent trash from being placed on the lamp post column. The lamp post column cover has a post opening around the top of the lamp post column cover and configured around the lamp post a height above the top of the lamp post column. A post opening flange extends vertically around the post opening and is coupled with the cover extension that extends...