ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,996, issued on March 18.

"External roll cover" was invented by Lei Qiu (Zhejiang, China) and Lei Chen (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an external roll cover for a pickup truck, including a layer of leather and a supporting frame, the layer of leather is connected to the cargo hopper through a supporting frame, the supporting frame includes a front rail assembly, a rear rail assembly and a side rail assembly, the front rail assembly is connected to the rear rail assembly through a side rail assembly, the front rail assembly includes a front rail, a front rail joint and a front rail rubber strip...