ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,890, issued on May 27.
"Encasement protective apparatus" was invented by Earl McCoy (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Audrey McCoy (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encasement protective apparatus for enveloping an article, the article having a lengthwise axis, the apparatus including a substantially rigid partial surrounding sidewall about a longitudinal axis, wherein the partial surrounding sidewall has a first end portion and an opposing second end portion wherein the longitudinal axis spanning therebetween, the surrounding sidewall also having an outer surface portion and an opposing inner surface portion, th...