ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,499, issued on Nov. 11.
"Fifth wheel cover assembly" was invented by Ron Sherred (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fifth wheel cover assembly includes a fifth wheel that is mounted to a semi tractor. A cover is slidably positioned over the fifth wheel and the cover is structured to conform to the shape of the fifth wheel. A pair of springs is each of the springs is coupled between the cover and a connection point on the semi tractor to bias the cover into a covering position having the cover completely covering the fifth wheel. The cover is slidable into an exposing position having the cover being displaced from the fifth ...