ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,437, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dajcor Aluminum Ltd. (Chatham, Canada).
"Retrofit sanitary handle" was invented by William J. Loucks (Chatham, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary covering is retrofit over an existing handle or railing, particularly a shopping cart handle. A stability-enhancing element in the form of compression foam is adhesively secured to an existing handle. A metal cover, such as of anodized aluminum, with a pathogen-eliminating outer surface (such as a biocidal or antimicrobial coating), jackets the compression foam. The cover may be in two parts having elements interlocking them together so ...