ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,459, issued on June 24.
"Weed barrier/moisture retention cover for bagged or potted plants" was invented by Khristopher Kharoufeh (Anola, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weed barrier/moisture retention device for covering soil of a bagged or potted plant. The cover features a disc of flexible weed barrier fabric having an outside perimeter edge situated at a radial distance from a center point of said fabric. A slit the fabric emanates outwardly away from the center point and intersects with the outside perimeter edge. Matable fastening elements are secured to the fabric at slit-adjacent edge regions thereof, and are selectiv...