US Patent Issued to Agri-Cover on June 17 for "Folding tonneau cover having secured flexible hinge" (North Dakota, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,487, issued on June 17, was assigned to Agri-Cover Inc. (Jamestown, N.D.).

"Folding tonneau cover having secured flexible hinge" was invented by Charles M. Schmeichel (Jamestown, N.D.), Brendan T. Bohn (Jamestown, N.D.), Mark E. Beam (Jamestown, N.D.) and John W. Simon (Burnsville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding tonneau cover apparatus including a cover assembly and a support frame assembly. The cover assembly having a plurality of rigid panels interconnected in series by a series of flexible hinges. Elongated support members having hinge support flanges help to secure the flexible hinges to the rigid panels. In prefe...