ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,717, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to COUNTRYSIDE CONCRETE SERVICES LTD. (Lasalle, Canada).

"Wrap, system, and method for the repair of gas station fuel pump islands and the like" was invented by Augusto D'Alfonso (Harrow, Canada) and Marco D'Alfonso (Lasalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for repairing a damaged band of a fuel pump island, comprising: selecting among preformed band pieces to form a replacement band system for the fuel pump island, wherein the preformed band pieces include one or more of a straight band piece for covering a straight portion of a vertical wall of the fuel pump island, an outside c...